Essays about: "modern women in india"

Found 4 essays containing the words modern women in india.

1. 1. CAPABILITIES INSIDE FOUR WALLS : A qualitative field study on the capabilities and freedoms for women in a developing context challenging the approach of Amartya Sen

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Olivia Jakobsson; Talvin Kaur Logani; [2019]
   Keywords : Amartya Sen; Martha Nussbaum; Feminism; Power; Capabilities; India; Women;

   Abstract : The ‘’capability approach’’, developed by the Indian economist Amartya Sen, has been widely used in the field of development and has contributed a perception of development that is different from the traditional understanding of it. Despite this, the theory has received a great amount of feminist critique and it has been concluded that the field lacks empirical data on how women in developing countries can be fully understood from the approach of Sen. READ MORE

3. 2. Sex trafficking in India : A study in how to combat sex trafficking

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Author : Linn Nordahl; [2019]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This paper will strive to obtain an understanding for sex trafficking in India, underlying reasons for it and solutions to it. The study includes a case study of STOP, an organization working against sex trafficking in India. READ MORE

4. 3. Thousands of plant breeders: women conserving in situ crop genetic resources : a case study in the Medak District of Telangana, Southern India

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Christopher Bradburn; [2014]
   Keywords : landrace; seeds; conservation; in situ; traditional; genetic resources; plant breeding; peasants; women; systems thinking; climate change;

   Abstract : This study focuses on in situ conservation of landrace crop varieties in the Medak district of the southern Indian state, Telangana. The objective of this work was to investigate two main questions: 1) Under what unique conditions are smallholder peasant farmers willing and able to continuously grow local, landrace crops? 2) What characterises the women farmers who grow local landrace crops in this district of landrace crop origins? A Systems Thinking methodology was used to develop and analyse the data. READ MORE

5. 4. The Paradox of Modernity : A study of girl discrimination in urban Punjab, India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Marie Nilsson; [2004]
   Keywords : India; Punjab; modernity; tradition; gender; sex selection; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study has brought attention to the paradox of modernity, in which certain elements of tradition tend to survive the forces of modernisation and may even, as in this case, be amplified in society. The study demonstrated that modernity, when seen from a gendered perspective generates processes and results that favour men, not women. READ MORE