Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality: Perspectives from South Asia
Description:
Publisher: GB Books and Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement
Year of Publication: 2022
About the Book
Gender disparities remain high in the South Asia region, yet at the same time there is a growing recognition of the potential of social protection programmes, including for women’s empowerment. In spite of the remarkable progress in terms of human development in recent years, the region still faces significant gender disparities and the gender-based violence has soared in South Asia, especially during the pandemic. Discriminatory social norms, lack of adequate social protection system, forced marriage and lack of access to basic facilities such as health, nutrition, education and employment are some of the major factors. The book consists of 17 chapters from scholars of South Asia who looks different aspects that women of South Asia struggle for.