It was the tragic death by suicide that has laid bare the daily trauma of the three sisters from a landless household married to an affluent family with demands for dowry from impoverished parents.

This paper critically analyses issues related to gender and land rights in the state of Rajasthan.

The enforcement of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment in India mandated the representation of at least one-third women through elections and was in direct contrast to the earlier token inclusion of one or two women nominated by government or co-opted by the predominantly influent

The paper focuses on analyzing the education landscape through gender lens to map the significant changes and lessons learnt both at the policy and practice levels.

In choosing to look at the age of marriage, the study was conducted in the impoverished communities of Doroli of Alwar district and the Kathaputali colony, a slum area of Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan. Both areas are

Patharia, a village-situated in the Bundhelkund region is stark contrast to other villages. Inhabited by the Bedia tribe, a part of the vimukta jati where adult members in the family never worked and depended solely on the earnings of the young girl involved in prostitution.

Reproductive health [1] practices among Muslim women in India have been little researched perhaps because of the widespread notion regarding the tight Islamic control over sexual behaviour and the sanctions against contraceptive use.