The study provides critical understanding of women’s rights to livelihoods in forest sector.
On a hot summer’s day in 1982, while walking through a jungle path in Bankura, West Bengal, anthropologist Naraya
Undernourished women tend to deliver low birth weight babies (Karmer, 1987) and to have pregnancy complications (Baird, 1947). Perinatal mortality and prematurity rates were found to be high among short statured women (Barros, 1987).
The high female infant mortality rates (Miller, 1985); the practice of female infanticide (Krishnaswamy, 1988); the neglect of female children with regard to access to health services, nutrition, (Sen and Sengupta, 1983 and education (Mankekar, 1985); and the sexual abuse of girls (Bhalerao, 1985
INDIA IS A VAST country with a population of more than 844 million. The tribal populations of India constitute a significant proportion of India's total population. There are more than 400 tribal population groups constituting
Though fertility is a biological phenomenon there are a number of other factors influencing the levels and differentials of fertility among tribals.
Though fertility is a biological phenomenon there are a number of other factors influencing the levels and differentials of fertility among tribals.