This paper delves into the workplace struggles of formerly incarcerated women, exploring how past convictions and intersecting stigmas (gender, caste, class) shape their experiences.

The state of West Bengal has a population of 9.03 crores of which 19.98 percent live below the poverty line.

It is now common practice to infer the social status of women from their demographic characteristics. Yet it is not so easy to read through demographic progress, in terms of declines in mortality and fertility, to make unambiguous judgments about trends in women's social standing.

Prior to 1983, every form of violence committed within the family, either in the natal or the spousal home, was not considered an offence.