Gender, Law and Social Transformation in India

<p>Part I. Gender, Law and Violence against Women.- Chapter 1. Gender, Law and Property Rights in Jammu and Kashmir: From the Lens of Article 370 and Beyond (Abha Chauhan).- Chapter 2. Resisting Violence against Women and Striving for Justice in Manipur (Ajailiu Niumai).- Part II. Law and the Domestic Violence.- Chapter 3. Of Negotiations and Reframing: Law’s Response to Domestic Violence in Assam (Sawmya Ray).- Chapter 4. Domestic Violence against Women: Law and Practice in India (Y. Vishnupriya).- Chapter 5. Domestic Violence against Women: A Study in Rural Areas of Jammu District (Saranjit Kaur Sudan).- Part III. Violence against Women and the Girl Child.- Chapter 6. Preventing Child Marriage and Child Trafficking: The Case of West Bengal (Biswajit Ghosh).- Chapter 7. Sexual Violence against Girl Child: A Conspiracy of Social and Legislative Laws (Juhie Mohan).- Part IV. Gender and Forms of Violence: Dowry, Honour Killings and Prostitution.- Chapter 8. Section 498A of Indian Penal Code: A Legal Instrument for Social Change (Uma Devi).- Chapter 9. Beyond the Stories of Elopement: Understanding ‘Honour’ Crimes in India (Rani Rohini Raman).- Chapter 10. Prostitution, Trafficking and the Law (S. C. Bhandari).- Part V. Health and Education: Social and Legal Aspects.- Chapter 11. From Contraception to Assisted Conception: A History of Women’s Movement for Reproductive Health Rights in India (Dipti Tripathi).- Chapter 12. Circumscribed Health: Whacked Body’s Struggle for Right ( Nibedita Bayen).- Chapter 13. Gender Disparity and Education of Muslim Girls in India: Societal and Legal Issues (Azra Abidi).- Part VI. Women’s Participation and Empowerment: A Need for Legislative Paradigm.- Chapter 14. Gender Assessment of Legislative Paradigm for Participatory Irrigation Management in Tamil Nadu (K. Gulam Dasthagir).- Chapter 15. Empowerment of Women Through Corporate Social Responsibility: A Study in Rourkela, Odisha (Priyanka Singh & Ajailiu Niumai).</p><br><p></p>