Empowering Women An Alternative Strategy From Rural India
By: Sakuntala Narasimhan
Contributor(s): NARASIMHAN (Sakuntala)Material type: 
TextLanguage: English Publisher: New Delhi Sage Publications 1999Description: 236 p. PB 21x14 cmISBN: 8170368065Subject(s): Rural Women | Economic Development | Social Status | Caste IndiaDDC classification: 305.420954 Summary: Conventional approaches to the empowerment of women in developing countries tend to stress the primacy of poverty alleviation. This book draws on research into the effectiveness of NGO programmes in India to show that the most important aspect to empowerment is to change mindsets - to instil in women the conviction that they have a right to assert their legitimate demands.
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St Aloysius College (Autonomous) | Sociology | 305.420954 NARE (Browse shelf) | Available | GF01213 |
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Conventional approaches to the empowerment of women in developing countries tend to stress the primacy of poverty alleviation. This book draws on research into the effectiveness of NGO programmes in India to show that the most important aspect to empowerment is to change mindsets - to instil in women the conviction that they have a right to assert their legitimate demands.
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