Indian Women: Socio Economic and Gender Perspectives

Contents: 1. Sustainability of rural development through economic empowerment of women: a gender analysis/Polly Vauquline and Rituparna Bhattacharyya. 2. Domestic workers in Delhi: service conditions and social security/Manisha Saluja. 3. Comparative socio-economic development in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh through women health and education/Vishal Dubey. 4. Maternal employment patterns and nutritional status of children/Surendra Kumar Gupta. 5. Structural reforms and health of women in India/Indu Upadhay. 6. Problems of unorganized women workers: a case study of Coimbatore city/V.L. Lavanya. 7. Gender socialization and women's participation in income-generating activities: a sociological study in Sariahtali Village of Nalbari district/Jyoti Prasad Saikia and Purabi Bhagawati. 8. Involvement and role of rural women in agriculture: A study in Darrang and Udalguri Districts of Assam/Ghana Kanta Sarma and Purabi Sarmah Baruah. 9. Women workers in handloom sector in North East India/Shruti Dhara Kashyap. 10. Influence of socio-economic factors on profit of the women entrepreneurs of Assam: an econometric analysis/Sushanta Kumar Kashyap.

'Indian Women' is the upshot of the research studies on the working women in India from socio-economic and gender perspectives. It contains 10 academic articles and research papers authored by academicians. The book has addressed various issues relating to working condition and socio economic and health status of women workers in India.