Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Current Scenario of Women-Led Social Enterprises in Odisha
(Suman Dhaka, PhD and Bijeta Mishra, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India)

Chapter 2. The Impact of Globalization on Indian Women: Feminist Discourse
(Avneet Kaur, PhD, Amity Institute of Public Policy, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India)

Chapter 3. Health Challenges and Opportunities for Indian Women: An Anthropological Approach of Allahabad Population
(Arnasha Singh, PhD, Department of Anthropology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, India)

Chapter 4. Impact of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act (1992) on the Empowerment of Women in India
(Shivani Chugh, PhD, and Surendra Bhaskar, PhD, Amity Institute of Public Policy, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, and Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Jaipur, Rajasthan, India)

Chapter 5. Financial Connectivity of Women in Rural India: The Role of the Mann Deshi Bank
(Vinita Shrivastava, Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Indira College Of Commerce and science,Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India)

Chapter 6. The Role of Education in Gender Sensitivity
(Ravi Jhajharia and BL Bhamoo, MD, Department of Nursing, Devi Institute of Nursing, Jaipur, India, and Sunrise International School, Nechhwa, Sikar, India)

Chapter 7. Women Entrepreneurs in India: Opportunities and Challenges
(Hemlata Mahawar, PhD, Maharana Pratap Government College, Chittorgrah, Rajasthan)

Chapter 8. Electronic Governance and Women in India: Challenges and Prospects
(Yogendra Singh, PhD, Amity Institute of Public Policy, Amity University, Noida, India)

Chapter 9. B.R. Ambedkar’s Vision of Women’s Right in India with Reference to the Hindu Code Bill
(Avneet Kaur, PhD and Dilpreet Singh, Department of Public Policy, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India)

Chapter 10. Multiple Roles of Working Women: An Impact of Psychological Distress on Working Women in India
(Suman Dhaka, PhD, and Nilanta Mukherjee, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India)

Index

Audience

The wide range of issues related to women this book covers make it must read for women, students, research scholars, academicians, politicians, competitive examination aspirants and general readers who are keenly interested in augmenting their knowledge regarding various aspects of women in the largest democracy in the world where the women is still finding it difficult to get their share of representation even after the recently concluded 17th General Elections in the independent nation.

Keywords

Women Empowerment: Myth or Reality
Women of India: Today and Tomorrow