TY - BOOK AU - Bagchi,Jasodhara TI - The changing status of women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: the challenge ahead SN - 9788132101789 AV - HQ1744.W47 C42 2005eb U1 - 305.4/0954/14 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New Delhi, Thousand Oaks, Calif PB - Sage Publications KW - Women KW - India KW - West Bengal KW - Femmes KW - Inde KW - Bengale-Occidental KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Women's Studies KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Vrouwen KW - gtt KW - Sociale status KW - Sociale verandering KW - West-Bengalen KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-257) and index; Demography / Nirmala Banerjee and Mukul Mukherjee -- Health and nutrition / Maitreya Ghatak -- Education / Jasodhara Bagchi and Jaba Guha -- Economic empowerment / Ishita Mukhopadhyay -- Political participation / Vidya Munshi -- Culture / Malini Bhattacharya -- Law and violence against women / Manjari Gupta and Ratnabali Chattopadhyay -- Tribal women / Anuradha Chanda; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - This important and comprehensive volume vividly depicts the current status of women and girls in West Bengal. The analysis has been conducted in the framework of the socio-economic and politico-cultural ambience that has characterized the state in recent decades. The contributors highlight both areas of strength and vulnerability and clearly demonstrate that the status of women cannot be conceived as monolithic or static--it has many facets and is in a state of constant flux. The analysis of macro data is supported by revealing micro studies based on field surveys and an examination of cultural UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=278131 ER -