ISBN:
0761993401
,
076199341X
,
8170368057
,
8170368065
Language:
English
Pages:
236 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
1. publ.
DDC:
305.42/0954
Keywords:
Economic development - India
;
Wirtschaft
;
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
;
Caste
;
Rural women Economic conditions
;
Rural women Social conditions
;
Social status
;
Women in rural development
;
Ländlicher Raum
;
Frau
;
India - Economic conditions
;
Indien
;
India Economic conditions 1947-
;
India Rural conditions
;
India Scheduled tribes
;
Indien
;
Indien
;
Frau
;
Ländlicher Raum
Abstract:
"Dr. Narasimhan focuses specifically on rural Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe women, who, she says, are triply disadvantaged as women, as members of the rural section of the populace and because of their low-caste status. The book compares the effectiveness of state initiatives with the motivation-and-conscientisation strategy advocated by AWARE (Action for Welfare and Awakening in Rural Environment), a non-governmental development organisation working in 6,000 villages spread over seven states in India. It analyses the success of AWARE's work among women through various case studies and concludes that, besides monetary resources, it is the mindset of the policy makers, bureaucrats and particularly the women concerned that must change in order to assist the empowerment of women."--BOOK JACKET.
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