Matrix of Gender Issues

includes index and biblioraphy

LITERARY PERSPECTIVE | Voice from the Margin: A Life Less Ordinary Meena Sodhi Gender Sensitivity in Karnad`s Ball: The Sacrifice Sangeeta Jain Dream Narrative of Indian Women: Jayanta Mahaptra`s Temple Indrajeet Mishra The Poetry of Kamala Das: A True Bawl of Indian Woman Satendra Kumar HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE Feminist Perspective of Development Bhavarta Trivedi 6. Feminism: A Long Journey from Androcentrism to Eurocentrism 64 Preeti Singh 7. Women`s Development Approach:The Indian Context 81 Rachana Srivastava 8. Women in Politics: A Historical Perspective 93 Pragya Rai 9. Socio-Religious Movements in India and Women 115 Sanjeev Kumar and Sarika 10. Women in Gandhi`s Thought 128 Upasana Pandey 11. Major Political Parties of Uttar Pradesh and Status of Women 138 Pragya Rai [SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE | 12. Women`s Empowerment, Gender Equality and Governance 165 Anup Mishra and P.K. Sen 13. Globalisation and Women 177 Kalpana Chakravorty and Namrta Prakash 14. Female Foeticide: A Sociological Study 187 Kiran Mishra 15. Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques: Boon or Bane? 198 Vinita Chandra 16. Coverage of Gender Issues in Hindi Newspapers of India 212 Shardul Chaubey 17. Women and Environmental Activism: The Indian Perspective 241 Aashita