Separated and divorced women in India : economic rights and entitlements / Kirti Singh.

By:

Singh, Kirti

Material type: Text

TextSeries: SAGE lawPublisher: Los Angeles ; New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 255 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9788132116295
8132116291

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Separated and divorced women in IndiaDDC classification:

306.89/30954 23

LOC classification:

HQ928 .S56 2013eb

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Contents:

Introduction -- Main findings -- General information about the surveyees -- Work status and earning capacity -- Family status and lifestyle -- Spousal and child support and the dowry system -- Social status, mobility, skills and decision making -- Findings from different cities -- Conclusion and recommendations.

Summary: Separated and Divorced Women in India examines the economic rights and entitlements of separated/deserted women in law and practice in India, and explores all the laws and policies relating to financial support for a wife or child that come into play once a separation or divorce has taken place. Based on a survey of more than 400 women in four different regions across the country, this seminal work lays bare the miserable financial conditions of separated/deserted women and the lengthy procedural obstacles that these women have to contend with to get any justice. It interr.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Separated and Divorced Women in India examines the economic rights and entitlements of separated/deserted women in law and practice in India, and explores all the laws and policies relating to financial support for a wife or child that come into play once a separation or divorce has taken place. Based on a survey of more than 400 women in four different regions across the country, this seminal work lays bare the miserable financial conditions of separated/deserted women and the lengthy procedural obstacles that these women have to contend with to get any justice. It interr.

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