Girls and Girlhoods at Threshold of Youth and Gender Vacha Initiative
- Delhi Women Press 2010
- 480p
- Empowering Women Worldwide Series; 201000ENGGPS8 .
includes index and biblioraphy
1. The Adolescent Girl in India-Ms. Sonal Shukla and Ms. Pradnya Sawargaonkar 1 2. Need to Introspect Factors Responsible in Upbringing of Girl Child to Ascertain Her Identity and Status in Society-Ms. Prabha Tirmare 35 3. Government`s Commitment to the Girl Child:Promises Belied?-Dr. Cynthia Stephen 4. The Declining Sex-Ratio in India-Dr. Daksha Dave 83 5. Education & Health of Girl Child in Urban India-Prof. Dr. Vibhuti Patel 99 6. Child Labour in India : Emerging Issues-Prof. Dr.Dolly Sunny 114 7. Trafficking of Tribal Girl Child-Ms. Rekha Talmaki 136 8. Existence in Shadows: Women and Disability-Ms. Prerna Sharma 155 9. Condition of Female Children in Orissa (With Special Reference to Ganjam District)-Dr. Krishna Chandra Pradhan 178 10. Sibling Abuse : A Study of Sibling Interactions in Family Setting-Dr Indira Rani and Dr. N. Komali Saloni 223 11. The Indian Girl Child: Trajectories of Social Construction - Dr. Sunita Parmar 245 12. Politics of Gender and the Familial Structure in the Story -`Girls` by Mrinal Pande - Dr. Pratima Dave Shastri 260 13. Girl child, Television Advertising and Status Quo: Gender in HDFC Standard Life Advertisements- Dr. Mira K. Desai 266 14. Absence of an age : Had it been a Durga Trilogy?- Shri Amrit Ganger 285 15. Adolescent Girls, Expelled by the Community -Detained by the State- Ms. Shalini Mathur 310 16. Understanding of the Issues of Vulnerable and Violence Affected Girls through Mukta`sIntervention - Mukta 320 17. Violence against girls residing in two slums of Murribai - Rohini Kashikar Sudhakar 325 18. Shaishav Balsena- Parul Sheth 344 19. Empowerment of Adolescent Girls through NGO Intervention - Dr. Ruby Ojha 361 20. Girl Child and Law- Adv. Vijay Hiremath 372 21. At the Threshold of Youth and Gender National Symposium on Girls and Girlhoods on November 6-8, 2008 at SNDT Women`s University, Mumbai and Organized by Vacha Resource Centre for Women and Girls & P.G. Dept. of Economics,SNDT Women`s University- Media Matters 376