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Domestic Violence Aganist Women In Ernakulam District
Sunny, Celine - eSocialSciences - 2005
Gender discrimination manifests itself as violence in the family, community, and society. It takes the forms of female … foeticide, female infanticide, abuse of the girl child, social harassment, mental torture, physical violence, and cruelty … affecting body and mind of women. The present study attempts to examine the causes and extent of domestic violence as well as …
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Who Goes? Failures of Marital Provisioning and Women's Agency among Less Skilled Emigrant Women Workers from Kerala
Kodoth, Praveena - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper draws upon a selection of narratives from interviews with over 150 less skilled emigrant and returnee women workers from Trivandrum district to argue that the conditions that structure international migration from Kerala marginalises women, narrowing the material base from which...
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Gender, Subjectivity and Sexual Identity : How young people with Disabilities Conceptualise the Body, Sex and Marriage in Urban India
Addlakha, Renu - eSocialSciences - 2009
of college students in Delhi. Gender emerges as a key analytical category in perceptions of sexuality among young men and …
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Driving Force: Labour Struggles and Violation of Rights in Maruti Suzuki India Limited
Rights, PUDR Peoples Union for Democratic - eSocialSciences - 2013
As reports of severe harassment of Maruti workers and their families trickled in in late July 2012, Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) undertook a fact finding investigation into the incident, its context and implications. [PUDR]....
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Kandhamal Massacres: Where is the State? Central Government of India must stop the killings
ACHR, Asian Centre for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2008
Over 50 persons, mainly Christians, have been killed since the Hindu fundamentalists launched an attack on the Christians following the murder of four members of the VHP including 90 year old Laxmananda Saraswati by unidentified gunmen on 23 August 2008 in Kandhamal district of Orissa. Thousands...
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Climate Change and Migration in Southeast Asia: Responding to a New Human Security Challenge
Elliot, Lorraine - eSocialSciences - 2012
The paper aims at understanding the reasons which influence migration and mobility choices, ways by which vulnerabilities can be managed and the role that local, national and regional policy responses can play in strengthening the knowledge base and improving collaborative platforms for action.
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The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF - eSocialSciences - 2012
The experience of childhood is increasingly urban. Over half the world’s people – including more than a billion children – now live in cities and towns. This report adds to the growing body of evidence and analysis, from UNICEF and partners, that scarcity and dispossession...
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Report on Socio Economic Status of the Women Domestic Workers- A Diagnostic Study in Five Major Townships: Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Berhmpur, Ssmbslpur and Rourkela of Orissa
BJ, Bharat Jyoti - eSocialSciences - 2011
Women workers In India constitute one third of the total workforce. Majority of these women are engaged in the un-organized sectors such as agriculture, construction, domestic services etc. The overwhelming majority of domestic workers are women and girls. This study is exploratory in nature and...
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A Case for Case Studies
Sapra, Ipsita - eSocialSciences - 2011
This essay attempts to look beyond the long-standing qualitative-quantitative tug of war in studying society. It takes as an example one approach, the case study, that often acts as a bridge between the positivist and interpretive epistemological positions. Arguing the case for more openness in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318510
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Book Review: Inside the Indian Family
Patel, Tulsi - eSocialSciences - 2008
Review of: Democracy in the Family: Insights from India. Edited by Joy Deshmukh-Randive Sage Publications. New Delhi 2008.
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