This book explores the ways in which gender-sensitive and inclusive policies can be developed to address the basic issues of marginalization, livelihood, poverty and vulnerability in the Eastern Himalayas. The essays in the volume touch upon current concerns, such as the economic and social challenges faced by women, their control over resources
This book explores the ways in which gender-sensitive and inclusive policies can be developed to address the basic issues of marginalization, livelihood, poverty and vulnerability in the Eastern Himalayas. The essays in the volume touch upon current concerns, such as the economic and social challenges faced by women, their control over resources
Sanjoy Hazarika is the Director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and was the founder of the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. Reshmi Banerjee is Academic Visitor at the Asian Studies Centre (Programme on Modern Burmese Studies), St Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK.
Inhaltsangabe
List of figures. List of tables. List of contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. The Eastern Himalaya and the Mongoloid Myth 2. Access to Water and Gender Rights in India: Contextualising the Various Debates Through the Study of a Mountain Village in Sikkim 3. Challenges to Women as Food and Risk Managers in the Context of Floods: A Case Study from Tinsukia 4. 'Constructed' Images of Gender and Gender Roles in the Northeastern Himalayas: Virtual and Actual 5. Towards a Research Collaboration with Indigenous Communities in India 6. Female MGNREGA Workers and Poverty Reduction in Sikkim 7. Women in the Land of Jade: Issues and Interventions . Index
List of figures. List of tables. List of contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. The Eastern Himalaya and the Mongoloid Myth 2. Access to Water and Gender Rights in India: Contextualising the Various Debates Through the Study of a Mountain Village in Sikkim 3. Challenges to Women as Food and Risk Managers in the Context of Floods: A Case Study from Tinsukia 4. 'Constructed' Images of Gender and Gender Roles in the Northeastern Himalayas: Virtual and Actual 5. Towards a Research Collaboration with Indigenous Communities in India 6. Female MGNREGA Workers and Poverty Reduction in Sikkim 7. Women in the Land of Jade: Issues and Interventions . Index
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