This article documents the emergent discussion of middle-class women and work outside of the home in India’s pre-Independence period through an
Both as a concept and as a rallying point for gender-based concerns, the emergence of reproductive choice is a relatively new phenomenon in the area of population policy. For decades on end, population policy had been primarily, if not solely, concerned with the regulation and control of human fe
Legal reforms have been at the centre of the agenda for strategizing gender justice in India. This has been so, right from the time of nine-teenth century social reforms movements, through the period of nationalist struggles, down to the contemporary women's movement.
Change in the size of a population takes place due to births, deaths and migration.
As women become more involved in public life and break patriarchal control in the process, they also deal with the backlash of cultural, traditional and religious reaction. Various interpretations of Muslim law are promoted by different groups in the struggle over women's rights.
Should we fear the destruction of our culture because a 30-year-old woman from Chandigarh plans to `rent' her womb?