Essays about: "women development in India"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 56 essays containing the words women development in India.

  1. 1. ‘So long as our SEWA is with us, we can win any fight’ - A social movement organisation’s framing of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on informal women workers in India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Josefine Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19; Crisis; Civil Society; Women Informal Workers; SEWA; Social Movement Framing; India; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives and created wide-reaching impacts. Societies worldwide have confronted the crisis with grassroots mobilisation and social resilience. Civil society uncovers injustices by actively participating in the local decentralised pandemic response. READ MORE

  3. 2. Tibetan Women’s Empowerment Policy : Perspectives on Creating Equal Opportunities in Healthcare as Tibetan Healthcare Workers in Exile

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för hälsovetenskap

    Author : Jessika Johansson; [2022]
    Keywords : Female empowerment; female leadership; equal opportunity; Tibetans in exile; Kvinnors egenmakt; kvinnligt ledarskap; lika möjligheter; tibetaner i exil;

    Abstract : Background: In Tibet, as well as in their exile community in India, there is a widespread issue of female oppression and gender inequality within healthcare. Few studies explore the progressive work of organizations fighting these issues, which can contribute to a retrogression of discrimination awareness. READ MORE

  4. 3. Dialling up women farmers’ empowerment vis-à-vis agriculture: Exploring the effects of mobile phones in rural India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Vanessa Berghoff; [2021]
    Keywords : agriculture; agricultural development; agricultural transformation; India; feminisation; farmer; women farmer; gender equality; empowerment; rural livelihoods; rural development; mobile phones; mobiles; smartphones; technology; ICT4D; ICT4Ag; mixed methods; quantitative methods; qualitative methods; case study; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite women being the backbone of the agricultural sector in India, the patriarchal agrarian system poses major obstacles and challenges specific to women farmers with consequences well beyond the individual. This research aims to explore how mobile phones can empower rural women vis-à-vis agriculture. READ MORE

  5. 4. Brides For Sale : A Qualitative Analysis of Missing Women, Skewed Sex Ratios and Bride Trafficking in Haryana, Northern India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Åsa Lindén-Tunhult; [2021]
    Keywords : Development; population control; sex selective abortion; preference for sons; missing women; skewed sex ratios; bachelors; bride trafficking; marriage patterns;

    Abstract : Population control programs such as family planning and the introduction of sex identification technologies has helped to create skewed sex ratios in northern India and particularly in the state of Haryana. Due to a surplus of men and the numbers of missing females, an organized business of bride trafficking has emerged where poor women from eastern and northeastern states of India are bought and brought to Haryana for the purpose of marriage. READ MORE

  6. 5. Political reservations and women’s economic activity in India

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Linn Alexandersson; [2020-07-10]
    Keywords : Economic activity; India; social norms; political reservation; gender inequality; stereotypes; Panchayati Raj;

    Abstract : Gender equality is important for economic development. In this paper, I will investigate the relationship between women's political reservation in local governance in India and women's economic activity within the labour market. I will also examine how a change in the proportion of reserved women from 33% to 50% impact women’s economic activity. READ MORE