section 1. Gender : current status -- section 2. Gender : some issues -- section 3. Policies towards gender empowerment … -- section 4. Gender and rural development -- section 5. Gender : select interventions for gender development …

Denial of women's rights means denial of human rights of half of humanity. Gender based violence is one of the worst … forms of violation of woman's basic human rights. Gender Violence is highly pervasive and the increasing number of cases … but also addressing violence prevention. The present paper discusses women's rights and the nature of gender based …