In the recent assembly elections, we were once again inundated with information about how much of a difference the women’s vote made to the outcome.

Introduction The Present e-rural camp was conducted under the Centre for Gender and Labour Studies for strengthening the skills of the p

Violence against women is legitimized by social norms, beliefs and institutions.

“Women hold up half the sky”, the Chinese saying goes. But we need to recognize that it is not an equal world for women, globally and in India.

Decades of campaigning has led to signiicant changes and reform in the rape law.

Women experience disadvantage and oppression differentially, based on their status, context and location.

The drive for a rapid development in the education of women came largely from a perception summed up aptly in .the following statement by Mayhew: "women