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PUDR's Submission of Suggestions to Verma Commission for Changes in Law and Procedure Regarding Violence Against Women
Manjit, D; Gupta, Asish - eSocialSciences - 2013
Legal mechanisms to achieve justice should factor in the challenges and roadblocks of its implementation, structural or otherwise, right from the stage of planning and framing the law. Law can be expected to promote justice it cannot do so in absence of its strict adherence and swift...
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Schooling and Adolescent Reproductive Behaviour in Developing Countries
Lloyd, Cynthia B. - eSocialSciences - 2008
-enrolled, (2) a review of the evidence on the links between school exit and marriage timing and (3) an assessment of the relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341778
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Shariat Courts and Women’s Rights in India
Hussain, Sabiha - eSocialSciences - 2009
The main thrust of this paper is: Why should women go to these courts to settle matrimonial disputes while there are … provisions for them in secular courts? Do women face less harassment and get quick justice according to Islamic law by … approaching these courts? Who are the women who approach these courts? Should the mode of justice not it be left to the women to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543113
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The Importance of Being Wanted
Do, Quy-Toan; Phung, Tung Duc - eSocialSciences - 2010
We identify birth wantedness as a source of better child outcomes. In Vietnam, the year of birth is widely believed to determine success. As a result, cohorts born in auspicious years are 12 percent larger. Comparing siblings with one another, those of auspicious cohorts are found to have 2...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493864
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Incentives in Elementary Education - do They Make a Difference
Ramachandran, Vimala; Mehrotra, Nishi; Jandhyala, Kameshwari - eSocialSciences - 2009
This study tried to bring together the experiences of different approaches to incentives followed by six NGOs in the states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Issues dealing with incentives and the hidden cost of education have been explored with a view to gaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009916
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Child Marriage: Social and Economic Linkages and Opportunities for Intervention
Gupta, Geeta Rao - eSocialSciences - 2007
The presentation shows the consequences of child marriage, how to prevent child marriage. [Power Point Presentation]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487836
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World Social Protection Report 2014/15 - Building economic recovery, inclusive development and social justice
eSocialSciences; International Labour Organisation ILO - 2014
protection for children, for women and men of working age, and for older persons; (iii) analyses trends and recent policies, e …
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Working and Living Conditions of Women Domestic Workers: Evidences from Mumbai
Paul, G.D Bino; Dattagupta, Sushanta; R, Venkatesha Murthy - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper, exploring primary data collected from 1510 women domestic workers in Mumbai, evidently brings out that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319333
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Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007–2012) Volume II Social Sector
Planning Commission, India - eSocialSciences - 2008
Eleventh Five Year Plan 2007-12
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Women, Work and Insecurities in India
Unni, Jeemol; Rani, Uma - eSocialSciences - 2007
The poor women in developing countries are burdened with the dual responsibility of taking care of housework and the … are characterized by low incomes and high levels of insecurity. There is a need to address the economic needs of the women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528140