Women Participation and Innovation Activities in Indian Economy
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Women’s participation in science and technology emerging challenges. 3. Women entrepreneurship development in India: issues and challenges. 4. Women’s position with the economy. 5. Women’s participation in economic development. 6. Study on the participation of women in Panchayati Raj Institution. 7. Electoral participation of women in India. 8. Innovation for women’s empowerment and gender equality. 9. Improving women’s participation in higher education. 10. Women-Panchayat-electives at the interface of state and village politics. 11. Women in economy: India among lowest in world. 12. Women and entrepreneurship in the informal sector. 13. Innovation and excellence by women in science. 14. Women empowerment through participation in aquaculture: experience of a large-scale technology. 15. Innovations for empowerment of rural women. Bibliography. Index.
An important area where women have been inadequately represented is in the political sphere. Articles 325 and 326 of the Constitution of India guarantee political equality equal right to participation in political activities and right to vote respectively. While the latter has been accessed, exercised and enjoyed by a large number of women, the former i.e., right to equal political participation is still a distant dream. Lack of space for participation in political bodies has not only resulted in their presence in meager numbers in these neglect of their issues and experiences in policy making. India has adopted a bold affirmative action in providing for one-third reservation for women in all institutions of local self-governance. It also provides for reservation of posts for Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons in the Panchayats and the Committees in the Nagara Palikes.
An important area where women have been inadequately represented is in the political sphere. Articles 325 and 326 of the Constitution of India guarantee political equality equal right to participation in political activities and right to vote respectively. While the latter has been accessed, exercised and enjoyed by a large number of women, the former i.e., right to equal political participation is still a distant dream. Lack of space for participation in political bodies has not only resulted in their presence in meager numbers in these neglect of their issues and experiences in policy making. India has adopted a bold affirmative action in providing for one-third reservation for women in all institutions of local self-governance. It also provides for reservation of posts for Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons in the Panchayats and the Committees in the Nagara Palikes.
