Women Empowerment and Gender Issues (Softcover)

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Editors: Harsh Purohit, Bhupal Bhattacharya and Momina Zahan
© 2019 | Publication: Mar 2019
ISBN: 978-1-925823-21-9 | 282 Pages

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About the Book and Audience

The book presents the historical perspective of the development of the women empowerment and deals with different issues and challenges affecting it. It tries to cover every aspect affecting women empowerment – education, politics and entrepreneurship. It also covers different newer issues like surrogacy and how judiciary has interpreted the concept of women empowerment. Since this book is planned for global readers, it tries to cover few international jurisdictions and explores how education has helped women get empowered.

About the Editors

Prof. Harsh Purohit is currently the Dean, FMS-WISDOM SBI School of Commerce & Banking and the Officiating Dean of Faculty of Law, Banasthali Vidyapith (Institution Deemed to be University). Prof. Purohit takes the pride as the alumni of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya and has 20 years of teaching, research and administrative experience. He is on board of directors of 2 companies. Prof. Purohit has published 75 papers, mostly in Scopus indexed/ABDC journals. He is the co-investigator of the prestigious Atal Incubation Centre at Banasthali and Principal Investigator of Bank of America sponsored project on financial literacy for women.

Bhupal Bhattacharya is presently associated with Banasthali Vidyapith, in the capacity of Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Jamnalal Bajaj School of Legal Studies. He has more than 9 years of teaching experience in different institutions including NIT Durgapur, Amity University Mumbai, Sikkim Manipal University etc. He has previously edited two books and published in Scopus indexed international journals.

Momina Zahan accomplished her M.B.A. from Glendale University and LL.M. in Criminal Justice Administration from Kings’ College, University of Aberdeen (U.K.). She is presently working as Assistant Professor in Faculty of Law, Jamnalal Bajaj School of Legal Studies, Banasthali Vidyapith. She has many published papers in the field of Women and Gender Justice. Her areas of interest revolve around Violence against Women & Children and the Criminal Justice System.

Chapters

1. Development and Empowerment of Women: A Historical Perspective, by S. Krishnan (pp. 1-28)
2. Dynamics of the Society and Women: Need of Empowerment, by Hemant Gupta and Nidhi Lohia (pp. 29-46)
3. Woman and Law – Lessons from History, by Sourabh V. C. Ubale (pp. 47-56)
4. Constitutional Provisions and Women Empowerment in India, by Momina Zahan (pp. 57-72)
5. Gender Parity and Media in a Globalised World: Concerns and Challenges of Women’s Representation in India, by Bharti Chhibber (pp. 73-90)
6. Women Empowerment and Development Through Women Run Police Station: A Study, by Sarmistha Bhattacharya and Partha Pratim Sengupta (pp. 91-102)
7. Women Empowerment through Entrepreneurship Development, by Pradhyuman Singh Lakhawat, Poonam Singh and Devaraj Badugu (pp. 103-122)
8. Deliberating Issues Affecting Women Globally, by Soma Bhowmick (pp. 123-142)
9. Women Empowerment in India – Issues and Challenges, by Muthamma K. K. (pp. 143-150)
10. Prevention of Immoral Trafficking and Rehabilitation of Victims: A Critique, by Priyanka Dhar and Anindhya Tiwari (pp. 151-164)
11. Surrogacy: A Process of Bringing Smiles to Childless Couples or Commodifying the Female Body, by Arundhati Bhattacharyya (pp. 165-174)
12. Law Relating to Women: Promise and Performance, by G. R. Jagadeesh (pp. 175-194)
13. Gender and Development: Reflections on Predilections, Priorities and Possibilities, by Tapan R. Mohanty (pp. 195-220)
14. Judicial Attitudes to Domestic Violence, by Indumugi C (pp. 221-240)
15. Gender and Sexuality: A Social Investigation, by Aijaz Ahmad Bund (pp. 241-256)
16. Empowering the Yemeni Women: The Contribution of Islamic Teachings in Modern Era, by Mohammed Yassin Mohd Aba Sha’ar (pp. 257-270)