Essays about: "Indian women"
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1. Are Skewed Sex Ratios Impeding Female Empowerment in India? : A Study Looking at Violence and Violations in Indian Households
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis studies the relationship between a skewed sex ratio and female empowerment in India. The study uses cross-sectional survey data from 2015-16, defining empowerment with an index that compiles questions directed toward women regarding if they have been subjected to violence and violations by their husbands or partners. READ MORE
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2. The Women of India : Women's rights violations through a perspective of human rights and gender approaches
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST); Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This essay is a qualitative case study and aims to research how women's human rights are being violated in India according to the rights presented in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights between 2018 and 2021 and how this affects the female population based on gender approaches. The research questions this essay will attempt to answer are, how are women's human rights being violated, and how does it affect the women in India? How does gender affect Indian society and the female population? The theories used in the research are gender studies and The Universal Declaration on Human Rights. READ MORE
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3. Crime and (delayed) Punishment - An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Judicial Efficiency on the Number of Crimes in India
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This paper examines the relationship between judicial efficiency and crime. We look at 80 million case records for the lower courts of India in the period 2010-2018 to examine this effect. We first follow a fixed effects model and then move on to an instrumental variable approach. READ MORE
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4. A Jihad on Love : A study on the phenomenon of love jihad in relation to Hindu nationalist constructs of identities in India
University essay fromAbstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate the Indian Hindu nationalist concept of “love jihad”, an idea based upon the alleged fact that Muslim men actively seeks out non-Muslim women for conversion to Islam by various methods including, false promises of love and abductions. While the accusation that Muslims are conducting love jihad currently is being propagated by several active Hindu nationalist groups, the focus of this paper lies on the Viśva Hindū Pariṣad (VHP) and the Rāṣṭrīya Svayaṃsevak Saṃgh (RSS), two major branches within the so-called family of Hindu nationalist organisations, or the Saṃgh Parivār. READ MORE
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5. Creating Kabīr : Understanding the use of Kabīr through the lens of Sanskritization
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ReligionshistoriaAbstract : The so called Bhakti movement spread, during the Late Medieval period, like wildfire across the South Asian subcontinent and acted like a catalyst for the development of nirguṇī-traditions. These newly emerging nirguṇī-traditions rallyd men and women alike, preaching for the abolation of the varṇa-system, for Muslim-Hindu unity, devotion to the one omipresent godhead, nirguṇa. READ MORE
