Essays about: "women empowerment in India"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the words women empowerment in India.

1. 21. The Complexities of Empowering Rural Indian Women (A story of Indian Panchayats)

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Rushina Ansari; [2015]
   Keywords : Empowerment; Feminism; Women; Gender; Equality; Rural; India; Development; Reforms; Intrinsic; Reproductive Rights; Citizenship; Communication;

   Abstract : In the following research I strive to focus on the various aspects that influence the‘empowerment’ issue of rural Indian women. I refer to two governmental reforms inparticular - the historic ‘Women’s Reservation Bill’ (WRB) which insists on a onethird participation of women at the lower tier of political structure in India called thePanchayats and the controversial ‘Two Child Norm’ (TCN) which restricts politicalparticipation of both men and women Panchayat candidates if the couple chooses tohave more that two children (Buch, 2005). READ MORE

3. 22. Megacity Challenges : Public Safety and Possible ICT Solutions-A Citizen Centered Approach

   University essay from Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Dhanfia Habeeb Rahman; [2013]
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   Abstract : This thesis was designed to study the challenges faced by the megacities of the world today and to take a deep dive into one of the challenge, to better understand the role of ICT in improving the quality of life of people in a megacity. Even though several challenges exist in the megacities, safety and security are utmost necessary to have a better quality of life. READ MORE

4. 23. Stories from the grassroots : Garima activists about their fight for freedom and dignity as Dalit women in Indian Madhya Pradesh

   University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation, medier och it

   Author : Anna-Carin Svensson; [2012]
   Keywords : Garima campaign; manual scavenging; India; Dalit women; empowerment; Bourdieu; symbolic violence; human rights; grassroots level; rhetoric;

   Abstract : This research is a result of a nine week field study during spring 2012, with the purpose of highlighting the stories of Dalit women in Madhya Pradesh, India. Together with a fellow student at Södertörn University, I investigated the Garima Campaign, an ActionAid project working with Dalit women forced to endure the illegal practice of manual scavenging, the manual removal of human excreta from dry toilets. READ MORE

5. 24. "Empowerment is to do things without having to ask for permission" - A study of self-help groups' role in empowering women in the slums of Mumbai

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Josefine Lennartson; Felicia Svensson; [2012]
   Keywords : Empowerment; India; SHGs; NGOs; women; Mumbai; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Creating Non-governmental Self-help groups (SHGs) has been a common thing in India since the early 1990’s. Studies show that the SHGs usually empower their members in different ways. READ MORE

6. 25. 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