Essays about: "women development in India tamil"

Found 5 essays containing the words women development in India tamil.

1. 1. Engendering Food Sovereignty: Feminist Post-Development and Gendered Discourses in the Food Sovereignty Movement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Emilia Sternberg; [2015]
   Keywords : Feminist Post-Development; Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis; Gender; Food Sovereignty; Food Sovereignty Movement; Tamil Nadu; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The food sovereignty movement (FSM) calls for transformative change towards equality in power over food systems and social relations, including gender relations. The purpose of this feminist critical discourse analysis (FCDA) was to gain insights into the gendered discourses of the FSM at the international level and discursive repertoires on gender and food sovereignty at the grassroots level in Tamil Nadu, India, through feminist post-development (FPD) thought on gender and transformative change. READ MORE

3. 2. Water management and water availability in a subwatershed,Tamil Nadu, India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

   Author : Marie Nordh Hagberg; [2012]
   Keywords : Rainwater harvesting; watershed management; Tamil Nadu;

   Abstract : India is a country with progressing technical and economical development, but the development is not evenly distributed. Farmers in the Indian rural areas are struggling. There are worries that climate changes could have a negative impact on agriculture. READ MORE

4. 3. Determinants of Women's Empowerment in Rural India: An Intra-Household Study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Julia Wiklander; [2010]
   Keywords : Probit Model; Household determinants; Social norms; Gender-related constraints; Women s empowerment; Tamil Nadu; Uttar Pradesh; India; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Using household level data from the Survey on the Status of Women and Fertility provided by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Population Studies Centre of University of Pennsylvania, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate the determinants of women’s empowerment and the presence of gender-related constraints within the household in rural India. Households from two states of different demographic development, Uttar Pradesh in the North and Tamil Nadu in the South are included in the data. READ MORE

5. 4. SAFFRON FOR A FAIR BABY TRADITIONAL CHILDBEARING BELIEFS AND PRACTICES AMONG WOMEN IN TAMIL NADU, INDIA.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Kristina Engelin; [2009]
   Keywords : Tamil Nadu; traditions; beliefs; culture; postpartum; Pregnancy; birth; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In spite of the modernization of obstetrics in Tamil Nadu, the rural women still adhere to several traditional beliefs and practices, in regard to childbearing and postpartum. The varieties of non-biomedical practices were used in attempt to ensure a risk-free delivery and the birth of a healthy baby, although the collected data shows that some of them are harmful. READ MORE

6. 5. Why the poor are underinsured: A case study on microinsurance in south-east India

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Benedikt Link; Max Wirz; [2007]
   Keywords : Microfinance; Microinsurance; India; Hand in Hand; Insurance;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the reasons for underinsurance of the poor in south-east India. Based on data gathered during a six week assignment in Tamil Nadu, India, we analyse which factors have so far hindered the development of a market for microinsurance. READ MORE