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1. 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 institutionen

   Author : Astrid Grube; Lindqvist Line; [2022]
   Keywords : Sex ratio; female empowerment; India; son preference; violence; missing women; demography;

   Abstract : 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

3. 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)

   Author : Hetal Purohit; [2022]
   Keywords : India; Gender studies; Human Rights; Women; the caste system; the justice system; sexual violence; marriage; education;

   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

4. 3. Texts and Paratexts in a Colonial Context. Krupabai Satthianadhan's English Novels 'Saguna' and 'Kamala'

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

   Author : Karin Edgardh; [2020-01-15]
   Keywords : India; Krupabai Satthianadhan; Saguna; Kamala; Gérard Genette; Autobiography; Conversion; Colonial literature;

   Abstract : The anglophone Indian author Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862-1894) was a second-generation Christian convert and a member of the Christian Tamil family in colonial Madras. Knowledge of English was still a high-caste male privilege when Satthianadhan published reformist articles on female education. Her two novels, the autobiographical Saguna. READ MORE

5. 4. What’s the problem with Women not Working? A Critical Analysis of the Skill India Development Mission & Explanations on Female Labor Force Participation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Brännström; [2020]
   Keywords : economic development; female labor force participation; gender equality; labor force participation; policy analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study analyses the Skill India Development Missions ways to increase female labor force participation and economic development. Previous research finds that the low rates of women working in India, in times of rising economic growth and education, are driven by supply, demand, or data related factors. READ MORE

6. 5. Social worker's experiences of working with women in sex work and their children : A qualitative study conducted in the organization Saheli Sangh

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   Author : Olivia Gran; Ida Jardstedt; Amenaghawon Ogbomo; [2019]
   Keywords : Women in sex work; children of sex workers; attachment; stigma; social constructionism; social worker s perspective of sex work; Kvinnor i sexarbete; barn till sexarbetare; anknytning; stigma; social konstruktionism; socialarbetares perspektiv av sexarbete;

   Abstract : In India, the estimated number of people in sex work is high - figures show an appraisal of three million female sex workers. Most women who enter sex work tend to be very young and do so due to severe economic circumstances. READ MORE