Women and Conflict in India

Women and Conflict in India
Title Women and Conflict in India PDF eBook
Author Sanghamitra Choudhury
Publisher Routledge
Pages 179
Release 2016-02-05
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1317553624

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This book analyses the impact that prolonged socio-political conflict in India has had on political and social spaces for women. Focusing in particular on Assam in the North East of India, it looks at how the conflict can be restricting, and yet can also have the potential to expand these spaces for women owing to the collapsing of boundaries of gender roles, thereby creating niche areas that may be leveraged for socio-political transformation. Based on empirical material collected from in-depth interviews with individuals on both sides of the conflict, the book locates the analysis in both a legal and political context. It examines the causes, dynamics and impact of the ethno-political conflicts in Assam, as well as the efficacy and outcomes of ‘capacity building’ programmes aimed at rehabilitating the surrendered militants as well as assisting affected women. The book goes on to look at the role played by civil society, especially the Mahila Shanti Sena (Women Peace Corp), towards conflict transformation. It highlights the preventive, mitigative and adaptive measures taken by the women and their role as agents of peace in the volatile zones of North East India. Analysing the changing role of women in conflict situations, as well as the legal measures and regulatory mechanisms in place for women in vulnerable pockets of India, this book is a useful contribution to Gender Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, and South Asian Politics.

Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones and State Responses in India

Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones and State Responses in India
Title Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones and State Responses in India PDF eBook
Author Pooja Bakshi
Publisher Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Pages 4
Release 2016-04-08
Genre Law
ISBN 8283480324

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Development and Gender Capital in India

Development and Gender Capital in India
Title Development and Gender Capital in India PDF eBook
Author Shoba Arun
Publisher Routledge
Pages 183
Release 2017-09-06
Genre Social Science
ISBN 131540916X

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The Indian state of Kerala has invoked much attention within development and gender debates, specifically in relation to its female capital- an outcome of interrelated historical, cultural and social practices. On the one hand, Kerala has been romanticised, with its citizenry, particularly women, being free of social divisions and uplifted through educational well-being. On the other hand, its realism is stark, particularly in the light of recent social changes. Using a Bourdieusian frame of analysis, Development and Gender Capital in India explores the forces of globalisation and how they are embedded within power structures. Through narratives of women’s lived experiences in the private and public domains, it highlights the ‘anomie of gender’ through complexities and contradictions vis-à-vis processes of modernity, development and globalisation. By demonstrating the limits placed upon gender capital by structures of patriarchy and domination, it argues that discussions about the empowered Malayalee women should move from a mere ‘politics of rhetoric and representation’ to a more embedded ‘politics of transformation’, meaningfully taking into account women’s changing roles and identities. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Development Studies, Gender Studies, Anthropology and Sociology.

Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh

Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh
Title Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh PDF eBook
Author Yasmin Saikia
Publisher Duke University Press
Pages 334
Release 2011-08-10
Genre History
ISBN 0822350386

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Bangladeshi women recall the sexualized violence of the war of 1971, fought between India and what was then East and West Pakistan.

Women, Power, and Property

Women, Power, and Property
Title Women, Power, and Property PDF eBook
Author Rachel E. Brulé
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 395
Release 2020-10-22
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1108870600

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Quotas for women in government have swept the globe. Yet we know little about their capacity to upend entrenched social, political, and economic hierarchies. Women, Power, and Property explores this question within the context of India, the world's largest democracy. Brulé employs a research design that maximizes causal inference alongside extensive field research to explain the relationship between political representation, backlash, and economic empowerment. Her findings show that women in government – gatekeepers – catalyze access to fundamental economic rights to property. Women in politics have the power to support constituent rights at critical junctures, such as marriage negotiations, when they can strike integrative solutions to intrahousehold bargaining. Yet there is a paradox: quotas are essential for enforcement of rights, but they generate backlash against women who gain rights without bargaining leverage. In this groundbreaking study, Brulé shows how well-designed quotas can operate as a crucial tool to foster equality and benefit the women they are meant to empower.

Women and Politics of Peace

Women and Politics of Peace
Title Women and Politics of Peace PDF eBook
Author Rita Manchanda
Publisher Sage Publications Pvt. Limited
Pages 320
Release 2017-04-17
Genre
ISBN 9789353289546

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This book discusses the experiences of women negotiating conflict and post-conflict situations to deliver transformative peace. Inspired by the vision and values of women of the South Asian Peace Network, this volume fills a critical gap in the global Women, Peace and Security (WPS) discourse. The chapters focus on the region's multifaceted experiences and feminist expertise on women negotiating post-war/post-conflict situations structured around interlinked themes - women, participation and peacebuilding; militarization and violent peace; and justice, impunity, and accountability. This volume looks at the efforts of women trying to deliver a transformative peace that questions gendered power relations while confronting the socio-cultural barriers that prevent them from participating in rebuilding conflict-affected societies to bring about just peace.

Faith, Gender, and Activism in the Punjab Conflict

Faith, Gender, and Activism in the Punjab Conflict
Title Faith, Gender, and Activism in the Punjab Conflict PDF eBook
Author Mallika Kaur
Publisher Springer Nature
Pages 315
Release 2020-01-14
Genre History
ISBN 3030246744

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Punjab was the arena of one of the first major armed conflicts of post-colonial India. During its deadliest decade, as many as 250,000 people were killed. This book makes an urgent intervention in the history of the conflict, which to date has been characterized by a fixation on sensational violence—or ignored altogether. Mallika Kaur unearths the stories of three people who found themselves at the center of Punjab’s human rights movement: Baljit Kaur, who armed herself with a video camera to record essential evidence of the conflict; Justice Ajit Singh Bains, who became a beloved “people’s judge”; and Inderjit Singh Jaijee, who returned to Punjab to document abuses even as other elites were fleeing. Together, they are credited with saving countless lives. Braiding oral histories, personal snapshots, and primary documents recovered from at-risk archives, Kaur shows that when entire conflicts are marginalized, we miss essential stories: stories of faith, feminist action, and the power of citizen-activists.