Handbook on women and human rights
Subtitle: a guide for social activists
By: Fatima Ehtesham Siddiqi, Sarala Ranganathan
Contributors: Ranganathan, Sarala
Edition: Edition 2010.
Publisher: Kanishka Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9788173913900; 9788173913907
Subjects: Women's rights; Women; Social conditions
Notes: First published in 2001.

Includes index.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Empowerment and employment : attaining integrated development. Status of women : global and national perspectives ; Offences against women ; Changing role of women in contemporary period ; Advancement of women ; Rights of women in various religions ; Women empowerment ; Women and human rights ; Human rights of women in India ; International standards and laws in india ; Beijing declaration and plan of action; title: Pt. 2. Crime and punishment : Search for justice. Gender injustice and discrimination ; Violence against women ; Dowry, dowry deaths and divorce ; Human rights and gender-based violence ; Rape and victims of rape ; Women prisoners and their treatment in custody ; Convention on discrimination against women.