Rural Women’s Power in South Asia: [electronic resource] : Understanding Shakti /
Obeng, P.author.
This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. History and Identity -- 3. Policies and Interventions -- 4. Governments, NGOs, Sanghas and Entrepreneurs (20+) -- 5. Senior Women's Shakti (60+) -- 6. Conclusion.
This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia.
Economic development.
Political science.
Ethnology—Asia.
Sociology.
Anthropology.
Human geography.
Development Studies.
Political Science.
Asian Culture.
Gender Studies.
Anthropology.
Human Geography.