Understanding women's land rights : gender discrimination in ownership
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Understanding women's land rights : gender discrimination in ownership
(Land reforms in India, v. 13)
Sage, 2017
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
In India, inheritance laws and social practices systematically deny women ownership of productive resources.
In this collection of essays, well-known social scientists critically evaluate existing state laws regarding land ownership. The varied forms of gender discrimination that exist between and within regions, communities, and caste groups are studied. Few women own land, and even fewer effectively control it. The book recommends ways to counter this inequality by challenging laws and sociocultural values that allow discrimination to persist.
Understanding Women's Land Rights is the XIII volume in the series 'Land Reforms in India', initiated by the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. The XI and XIII volumes study gender-unequal land rights in 14 Indian states.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Uma Chawdhry
Acknowledgements
A Note from the Centre Director - Sridhar C.
Editor's Introduction Persisting Gender Discrimination in Land Rights - Prem Chowdhry
Andhra Pradesh Land Rights and Land Access to Women in Andhra Pradesh - E. Revathi
Arunachal Pradesh Engendering Tribal Land Rights for Gendering the Land: A Case Study among Apatani and Nyishi Communities - Rimi Tadu
Chhattisgarh Gender Issues in Land Ownership in Chhattisgarh: Existing Land Laws, Policies, and Practices - Ramesh Sharma
Goa Women and Land Rights in the Context of Legal Propertied Equality in Goa - Ritu Dewan
Gujarat Women Empowerment through Land Ownership Rights: Critical Assessment of Their Status in Gujarat - Itishree Pattnaik
Jammu and Kashmir Gendering the Land Ownership Question in Jammu and Kashmir - Abha Chauhan
Jharkhand Understanding Women and Land Rights in Jharkhand - M. N. Karna
Maharashtra Land, Land Rights, and Women in Maharashtra - Ritu Dewan
Mizoram Women's Access and Ownership of Land: A Case of Mizoram State in India - Saroj Arora
Nagaland Gender and Land Relations: Emerging Issues about Nagaland - C. Sridhar, Saroj Arora, and Khunenchu Magh
Rajasthan Persisting Inequalities: Gender and Land Rights in Rajasthan - Kanchan Mathur
Sikkim Locating Gender in Land Rights Discourse of Sikkim - Sohel Firdos
Tamil Nadu Women's Land Rights in the Context of Neo-liberal Tamil Nadu - Ranjani K. Murthy
Uttarakhand Gender Justice and Law: A Gender Specific Study of Land Ownership in Uttarakhand - Indu Pathak
Index
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