Gender Discrimination and Development Paradox (Record no. 611111)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9788131607749
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 305.420954
Item number NEE,G
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Neerja Ahlawat
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Gender Discrimination and Development Paradox
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Jaipur:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Rawat Publications,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2016
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 210p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. India's story of economic development has not translated into corresponding gains in the social sphere. This paradox is indicative of how development can sometimes be a misnomer if it does not change unjust cultural thought and practice. The overall socio-economic development in India that has improved health care-especially maternal, infant and child health-increased life span, narrowed literacy level gaps between males and females, and expanded opportunities for work, particularly for women, has not resulted in equalizing sex ratios, in general, and gender relations in particular. Rather, the child sex ratio declines are not only getting worse but taking newer forms and manifestations. In this on-going process of transformation, there is an unholy alliance between tradition and technology of selecting sons and deselecting daughters, thus playing havoc with the already declining child-sex ratio. The present volume examines the ways in which sex-selective technologies, such as the ultrasound, are misused at the family, community, and state levels. The contributors to this volume attempt to understand and comprehend the multi-layered dimensions related to adverse child-sex ratio. Scholars have put together their diverse research, studies, and ideas to examine the strategies to check further decline in sex ratio, in general, and child sex ratio, in particular
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Gender Discrimination
-- Sex of children, Parental preferences
Form subdivision Sex discrimination against women
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Book
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        School of Distance Education, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus School of Distance Education, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus General Stacks 06/01/2021 795.00   305.420954 NEE.G SDE24136 06/01/2021 06/01/2021 Book