CSR Research Studies
Women Managers in India
With support from Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India.
This study examined the so-called “glass ceiling” faced by women managers in contemporary India with the following objectives: conducting situational analyses of managerial positions held by women in a range of sectors, identifying barriers to career growth for women and recommending strategies to overcome these barriers.
Child Marriage in India: Analysis in Three States
With support from the National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development
By examining both secondary sources as well as primary data, this study explored attitudes and beliefs regarding child marriage within communities across three Indian states, as well as attitudes and practices of key institutional actors such as police personnel, government departments, community workers and Panchayat members.
A Tool to Combat Domestic Violence
The only existing provision of its kind in criminal law, Section 498a of the IPC aims to provide justice to victims of domestic violence while still alive. With the support of USAID and IFES, a one- day seminar in New Delhi marked the release of Centre for Social Research’s landmark Report on IPC Section 498A.
Surrogacy Motherhood: Ethical or Commercial?
This unique research study provides a nuanced analysis of the motivations, experiences and consequences of surrogacy that is rapidly proliferating in metro cities of India like Delhi and Mumbai. The study focuses on the reasons for the woman‘s decision to become a surrogate mother and for commissioning parents to opt for surrogacy. It provides a retrospective view of the relationship between commissioning parents and surrogate mother before the pregnancy, during the pregnancy, and after the birth.
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Analysis on Effectiveness of the Implementation of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
The only existing provision of its kind in criminal law, Section 498a of the IPC aims to provide justice to victims of domestic violence while still alive. With the support of USAID and IFES, a one- day seminar in New Delhi marked the release of Centre for Social Research’s landmark Report on IPC Section 498A.
Gender Mainstreaming & Women’s Empowerment in Mainstreaming Coastal
In this initiative of 2016-17, Centre for Social Research (CSR) interventions aimed at strengthening the Gender Mainstreaming and Women’s Empowerment Strategy of the GOI-UNDP-GEF Project in Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra and to ensure its livelihood and conservation activities optimally accessible to women..
Financial Inclusion Report
The study is an investigation into the banking and financial needs and practices of women, especially those who are economically and socially backward such as the scheduled castes and scheduled Tribes.
