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Institutions and Gender Empowerment in India

In: Institutions And Gender Empowerment In The Global Economy

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  • Kartik C. Roy

    (School of Economics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia)

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The following sections are included:IntroductionProperty Rights, Economic Freedom, and EmpowermentWomen's socio-economic status and land rights: Historical perspectiveIssue of land rights in post-independence IndiaWomen and the current state of inheritance rightsWomen in the total population in need of land rightsGranting land ownership to landless women: Ground realitiesWomen's Employment and IncomeOther aspects of women's employment statusNature of women's employmentIndia's labor market institutionsCaste-based stratification of womenIncome and assets in household bargainingDowry, Assets, and Violence against WomenDowry-related torture and murderInfanticide, abortion, and missing womenVulnerability to other risksGender-related Development Indicators and Deprivation Scores for WomenThe Constitution, Law, and the Indian StateLaws affecting women's property rightsLaws relating to the prohibition of dowryRecent State Actions forWomen's EmpowermentPopulation Policy and Women's HealthPiecemeal Approach to Women's EmpowermentImportant variables in women's empowermentThe Failure of the State in Empowering WomenRecommendations and ConclusionReferences

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  • Kartik C. Roy, 2008. "Institutions and Gender Empowerment in India," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Kartik Roy & Hans Blomqvist & Cal Clark (ed.), Institutions And Gender Empowerment In The Global Economy, chapter 4, pages 67-102, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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