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Dr.Veena Jha
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Gender and Trade:
Impact of Globalisation on Women Workers
in the Textiles and Food Processing
Industries in India
The book uses the cases of
the Indian Textiles
and food processing industries to access
the position of women workers in the
globalised economy. The study examines
how the structure, trade balance and
performance of the industries in question,
influence the employment situation in
those sectors. Women workers position
is assessed in terms of their social
status, occupational profiles and wage
levels. The chapter concludes with the
respective recommendations on how to
use the impact of globalisation to the
positive changes in the women's employment.
Gender and Trade: Impact of Globalisation
on Women Workers in the Textiles and Food
Processing Industries in India . In Trade,
Globalisation & Gender-Evidence from
South-Asia. Edited by United Nations Development
Fund for Women in collaboration with UNCTAD.
New Delhi . 2005 ISBN 0-912917-85-7
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Dr. Ranjana Kumari
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GENDER,
WORK AND POWER RELATIONS
A CASE STUDY OF HARYANA
An examination of the
relationship between economic
development, social status, and the economic condition
of women workers within rural households
in Haryana. This book highlights the
reasons behind the changing nature
of work force participation by rural
women and the resulting impact on
their families and society. It provides
an analysis of transforming social
relations and economic conditions
in the state and focuses on the economic
empowerment and social status of women
Kumari, Ranjana., “GENDER,
WORK AND POWER RELATIONS. A CASE STUDY
OF HARYANA”, Har-Anand Publications
PVT LTD. 1998 p. 332 ISBN 81-241-0419-0
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Dr. Ranjana Kumari
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Women in Politics
Forms and Processes
This book analyzes women's
participation in Indian politics and
examines the obstacles they face. Various
case studies are included to back up
the argument that women must have a
greater role in the formal decision-making
and political process.
Kumari, Ranjana, ”
Introduction” in Sankaran, Kamala,
Stiftung, Friedrich Ebert “Women
in Politics. Forms and Processes”,
FES,
New Delhi , 1992. p.194
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Dr. Ranjana Kumari (edited)
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Women in Decision Making
This study deals with
women's participation in the policy
and decision making process. In the first
section the authors have presented their
experiences at the grass root level.
The second section highlights the national
level experiences. It traces the development
of various organisations both government
and non-government at the same time
assessing the performance of these very
organisations. The third section tries
to emphasize the need for realisation
or more simply a need to bring to together
NGO's, trade unions activist and academicians
as an organised body so that they may
act as a pressure group on the policy
makers at the right historical time.
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Dr. S Radhakrishnan
Dr. Ranjana Kumari
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IMPACT OF EDUCATION ON SCHEDULED
CASTE YOUTH IN INDIA
A Study of Social Transformation in
Bihar and Madhhya Pradesh
This book identifies
and analyses the barriers to the integration
of scheduled caste youth into "mainstream"
Indian Society. It examines social,
psychological
and structural barriers these youth
face. The impact of education on
scheduled
caste youth -focusing on Bihar and
Madhya Pradesh is evaluated.
Recommendation
on how modern education can promote
greater upward mobility of scheduled
caste youth are included in this study.
Radhakrishnan S., Kumari,
Ranjana., “IMPACT OF EDUCATION
ON SCHEDULED CASTE YOUTH IN INDIA :
A Study of Social Transformation in
Bihar and Madhya Pradesh”, Radiant
Publishers, New Delhi . 1989. 139 p,
ISBN81-7027-118-5
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Dr. Ranjana Kumari
Anju Dubey
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Women Parliamentarians
This book is an
in-depth analytical study
of women's participation in the political
sphere focusing on parliamentarians and
their role in decision making.
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Dr. Ranjana Kumari
Renuka Singh
Anju Dubey
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GROWING UP IN RURAL
INDIA
Problems and Needs of Adolescent Girl
This study analyzes the
condition in which girls grow up in contemporary
rural Indian society. The study
concludes that
adolescent girls are inadequately informed
on issues such as child birth, child
care, family planning and health care.
This book examines
how discrimination and the denial of opportunities
affects the physical, intellectual and
psychological development of these
girls. Policy
recommendations for the improvement of
their status are offered.
Kumari, Ranjana., Singh, Renuka &
Anju Dubey, ”GROWING UP IN RURAL
INDIA : Problems and Needs of Adolescent
Girl,” Radiant Publishers, New Delhi
. 1990. 124 p, ISBN 81-7027-130-4
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-Edited by
Pramila Dandavate Dr. Ranjana Kumari
Jamila Verghese
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WIDOWS ABANDONED AND DESTITUTE WOMEN
IN INDIA
A collection of nine essays
by activists and researchers, this
book focuses on
the socio-economic, religious and cultural
contexts which result in abandoned and destitute women, and stigmatize
widows in india. This book examines the status
of these women in a historical
context, and
provides contemporary case studies,
including
that of widows in Varanasi and the practice
of sati. The role of the state in improving
the living conditions and providing
resources for widows, destitute and abandoned
women is critiqued. The needs
of these women and how they should be
addressed by women's organisations is
also analysed.
Dandavate,
Pramila., Kumari,
Ranjana & Verghese, Jamila., (ed.),
“WIDOWS, ABANDONED AND DESTITUTE
WOMEN IN INDIA ”, Radiant Publishers,
New Delhi . 1989. 97 p, ISBN 81-7027-139-8.
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Dr. Ranjana Kumari
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Dowry Victims in India
This book is a study of
the history of the dowry system in India,
how it developed from a freely given
gift at the time of marriage to a commercial
expectation or demand. It examines the
socio-economic background of dowry victims
in Delhi and the forms of harassment
and violence they faced. Policy
recommendations
are given in order to create national
awareness of the dowry system.
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Dr. Ranjana Kumari
Dr. S Radhakrishnan
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HIGHER EDUCATION AND
SCHEDULED TRIBE YOUTH
A Case Study of Chattisgarh
This book examines the impact of education
on the economic condition of scheduled
tribe youth. The self-perception of tribal
people, as well as their views regarding
their place in society at large are also
explored. The
impact of education on the economic and
social mobility of tribal students and
their families in Chittisgarh is analysed
as are problems and issues raised with
regard to integration through education.
This
study should prove useful to teachers,
planners and
administrators of higher education.
Kumari,
Ranjana., Radhakrishnan S, “HIGHER
EDUCATION AND SCHEDULED TRIBE YOUTH. A
Case Study of Chattisgarh,” Radiant
Publishers, New Delhi . 1989. 101 p, ISBN
81-7027-117-7
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Dr. Ranjana Kumari
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Women-headed households
in Rural India
This book discusses the importance of
studying the nature, processes, causes
and consequences of female-headed households.
It makes a case study if Jaunpur district
of Uttar Pradesh, which has the highest
rate of female-headed households in India.
This book will be of considerable interest
to government planners, voluntary organisations
and all those in interest in improving
the general lot if India's rural women.
Kumari, Ranjana., “Women-headed
households in Rural India,” Radiant
Publishers, New Delhi . 1989. 114 p, ISBN
81-7027-129-0
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