Handbook on Women and Human Rights : A Guide for Social Activists (2 Partrs-Set)

Contents: Part I. Empowerment and Employment: Attaining Integrated Development: Preface. 1. Status of women: global and national perspectives. 2. Offences against women. 3. Changing role of women in contemporary period. 4. Advancement of women. 5. Rights of women in various religions. 6. Women empowerment. 7. Women and human rights. 8. Human rights of women in India. 9. International standards and laws in India. 10. Beijing declaration and plan of action.

Part II. Crime and Punishment: Search for Justice: 11. Gender injustice and discrimination. 12. Violence against women. 13. Dowry, dowry deaths and divorce. 14. Human rights and gender-based violence. 15. Rape and victims of rape. 16. Women prisoners and their treatment in custody. 17. Convention on discrimination against women. Index.

"This handbook covers a wide spectrum of issues related to women and human rights. In contemporary society these issues have attained significance. The modern age and its development paradigms consider gender justice as one of the prominent pillars on which any society can build on further. This handbook will serve as a good guide for social activists working in the areas related to women. For long, the need for a reference book on the said issue was felt." (jacket)