"Dr. Narasimhan focuses specifically on rural Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe women, who, she says, are triply disadvantaged as women, as members of the rural section of the populace and because of their low-caste status. The book compares the effectiveness of state initiatives with the mot...

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Main Author:	Narasimhan, Sakuntala 1939- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi [u.a.] Sage 1999
Edition:	1. publ.
Subjects:	Economic development - India Wirtschaft Wirtschaftsentwicklung Caste > India Rural women > India > Economic conditions Rural women > India > Social conditions Social status > India Women in rural development > India Ländlicher Raum Frau India - Economic conditions Indien India > Economic conditions > 1947- India > Rural conditions India > Scheduled tribes
Summary:	"Dr. Narasimhan focuses specifically on rural Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe women, who, she says, are triply disadvantaged as women, as members of the rural section of the populace and because of their low-caste status. The book compares the effectiveness of state initiatives with the motivation-and-conscientisation strategy advocated by AWARE (Action for Welfare and Awakening in Rural Environment), a non-governmental development organisation working in 6,000 villages spread over seven states in India. It analyses the success of AWARE's work among women through various case studies and concludes that, besides monetary resources, it is the mindset of the policy makers, bureaucrats and particularly the women concerned that must change in order to assist the empowerment of women."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:	236 S. Ill.
ISBN:	0761993401 076199341X 8170368057 8170368065