Understanding women's land rights : gender discrimination in ownership /
Understanding women's land rights : gender discrimination in ownership /
edited by Prem Chowdhry.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 413 pages).
- Land reforms in India ; volume 13 .
- Land reforms in India ; v. 13. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Persisting gender discrimination in land rights / Andhra Pradesh : land rights and land access to women in Andhra Pradesh / Arunachal Pradesh : engendering tribal land rights for gendering the land : a case study among Apatani and Nyishi communities / Chhattisgarh : gender issues in landownership in Chattisgarh : existing land laws, policies, and practices / Goa : women and land rights in the context of legal propertied equality in Goa / Gujarat : women empowerment through landownership rights : critical assessment of their status in Gujarat / Jammu and Kashmir : gendering the landownership question in Jammu and Kashmir / Jharkhand : understanding women and land rights in Jharkhand / Maharashtra : land, land rights and women in Maharashtra / Mizoram : women's access and ownership of land : a case of Mizoram state in India / Nagaland : gender and land relations in Nagaland : emerging issues / Rajasthan : persisting inequalities : gender and land rights in Rajasthan / Sikkim : locating gender in land rights discourse in Sikkim / Tamil Nadu : women's land rights in the context of neo-liberal Tamil Nadu / Uttarakhand : gender justice and law : a gender-specific study of landownership in Uttarakhand / Upma Chawdhry -- Prem Chowdhry -- E. Revathi -- Rimi Tadu -- Ramesh Sharma -- Ritu Dewan -- Itishree Pattnaik -- Abha Chauhan -- M.N. Karna -- Ritu Dewan -- Saroj Arora -- C. Sridhar, Saroj Arora, and Khunenchu Magh -- Kanchan Mathur -- Sohel Firdos -- Ranjani K. Murthy -- Indu Pathak. Foreword / Editor's introduction:
Seeks to evaluate why few women own land, and even fewer effectively control it by relating it to the gender unequal laws/ policies.
9789386446329 9386446324
Land tenure--India.
Women landowners--India.
Sex discrimination against women--India.
Land tenure--Law and legislation--India.
Femmes propriétaires fonciers--Inde.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes--Inde.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Real Estate--General.
Land tenure
Land tenure--Law and legislation
Sex discrimination against women
Women landowners
India
HD873 / .U53 2017
333.3/154082
HD873 / .U53 2017
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Persisting gender discrimination in land rights / Andhra Pradesh : land rights and land access to women in Andhra Pradesh / Arunachal Pradesh : engendering tribal land rights for gendering the land : a case study among Apatani and Nyishi communities / Chhattisgarh : gender issues in landownership in Chattisgarh : existing land laws, policies, and practices / Goa : women and land rights in the context of legal propertied equality in Goa / Gujarat : women empowerment through landownership rights : critical assessment of their status in Gujarat / Jammu and Kashmir : gendering the landownership question in Jammu and Kashmir / Jharkhand : understanding women and land rights in Jharkhand / Maharashtra : land, land rights and women in Maharashtra / Mizoram : women's access and ownership of land : a case of Mizoram state in India / Nagaland : gender and land relations in Nagaland : emerging issues / Rajasthan : persisting inequalities : gender and land rights in Rajasthan / Sikkim : locating gender in land rights discourse in Sikkim / Tamil Nadu : women's land rights in the context of neo-liberal Tamil Nadu / Uttarakhand : gender justice and law : a gender-specific study of landownership in Uttarakhand / Upma Chawdhry -- Prem Chowdhry -- E. Revathi -- Rimi Tadu -- Ramesh Sharma -- Ritu Dewan -- Itishree Pattnaik -- Abha Chauhan -- M.N. Karna -- Ritu Dewan -- Saroj Arora -- C. Sridhar, Saroj Arora, and Khunenchu Magh -- Kanchan Mathur -- Sohel Firdos -- Ranjani K. Murthy -- Indu Pathak. Foreword / Editor's introduction:
Seeks to evaluate why few women own land, and even fewer effectively control it by relating it to the gender unequal laws/ policies.
9789386446329 9386446324
Land tenure--India.
Women landowners--India.
Sex discrimination against women--India.
Land tenure--Law and legislation--India.
Femmes propriétaires fonciers--Inde.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes--Inde.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Real Estate--General.
Land tenure
Land tenure--Law and legislation
Sex discrimination against women
Women landowners
India
HD873 / .U53 2017
333.3/154082
HD873 / .U53 2017