Tag: Women

Empowerment of Women Through Political Participation


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English | 2007 | pages: 269 | ISBN: 8178353458 | PDF | 7,7 mb
About The K. Venugopal Reddy, is presently working as Associate Professor in the Department of History, Pondicherry Central University, Puducherry. He obtained his M.A. and M.Phil from University of Hyderabad and Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He had qualified in the UGC. NET and received UGC Research Associateship in History. He has several years of teaching and research experience and attended various national and international conferences and seminars. He published three books, Class Colonialism and Nationalism in Madras Presidency, 1928-1939 (2002) and Working Class and Freedom Struggle, 1918-1922 (2005), and Dominance and Resistance in Colonial India (2012), (Edited) and several research articles in highly reputed national journals. He organised various National Seminars on diverse themes in Modern Indian History. He is a member of professional bodies and societies and possesses several years of experience at guiding students for research in Modern Indian History. Preface 9 List of Contributors Colonial State, Capital and Labour in India Introduction. 2. World of Labour and Analysis of Gandhi’s Political-Ideological Forms, 1906-1934 Introduction Indentured Labour in South Africa The Anti-Capitalist Ethic of Sarvodaya The Labour Strikes in Natal The Ahmedabad Labour Struggle Aftermath of Ahmedabad Relation with the Capitalists. Shri Krishan 3. Growth of Agro Industries in the Northern Circars (1919-1939) Introduc

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Doulas Why every pregnant women deserves one


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English | ISBN: 1921295309 | 2012 | 200 pages | EPUB | 11 MB
Imagine birthing your baby exactly the way you would like – quietly and peacefully in a dimly lit room in absolute control of your labour and birth, feeling safe and supported. A doula can help you achieve this. Doulas are trained to look after you, both emotionally and physically, during pregnancy, labour and birthing.

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Working the Night Shift Women in India’s Call Center Industry


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English | 2010 | pages: 206 | ISBN: 0804769141 | PDF | 5,6 mb
Relatively high wages and the opportunity to be part of an upscale, globalized work environment draw many in India to the call center industry. At the same time, night shift employment presents women, in particular, with new challenges alongside the opportunities. This book explores how beliefs about what constitutes "women’s work" are evolving in response to globalization.

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Women’s Reproductive Rights


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English | 2005 | pages: 258 | ISBN: 140394993X | PDF | 1,0 mb
Based on country reports and practical input from researchers and activists in the field, this book is an up-to-date account of the issues surrounding women’s reproductive rights across Europe. The contributions provide astute theoretical analysis of existing problems and suggest innovative alternatives. The book brings together authors from academia, policy-making and international institutions to ensure comprehensive representation and thorough commentary of the issues.

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Roman Women in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries


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English | ISBN: 1501518569 | 2020 | 245 pages | PDF | 1250 KB
Roman Women in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries explores the crucial role of Roman female characters in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. While much has been written on male characters in the Roman plays as well as on non-Roman women in early modern English drama, very little attention has been paid to the issues of what makes Roman women ‘Roman’ and what their role in those plays is beyond their supposed function as supporting characters for the male protagonists. Through the exploration of a broad array of works produced by such diverse playwrights as Samuel Brandon, William Shakespeare, Matthew Gwynne, Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Thomas May, and Nathaniel Richards under three such different monarchs as Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I, Roman Women in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

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The Right Amount of Panic How Women Trade Freedom for Safety


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English | ISBN: 1447342291 | 2018 | 192 pages | PDF | 1322 KB
Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the women doing it and by the wider world, and yet women and girls are the first to be blamed the inevitable times when it fails. We need to change the story on rape prevention and ‘well-meaning’ safety advice, because this makes it harder for women and girls to speak out, and hides the amount of work they are already doing trying to decipher ‘the right amount of panic’. With real-life accounts of women’s experiences, and based on the author’s original research on the impact of sexual harassment in public, this book challenges victim-blaming and highlights the need to show women as capable, powerful and skilful in their everyday resistance to harassment and sexual violence.

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Challenges Women Face in Retirement Security


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English | ISBN: 1607417472 | 2009 | 139 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book focuses on women and retirement. Women aged 65 and over will account for a growing segment of the U.S. population over the next several decades. Despite increases in women’s workforce behaviour in the past 65 years, elderly women have persistently high rates of poverty. Thus, it is important to understand the differences between men’s and women’s retirement income, and how women may fare given future reforms to Social Security and pensions. Preparing for retirement and achieving financial security are daunting tasks for all Americans to be sure; however, women face many unique challenges. Women still perform the primary caretaker role in our society. As a result, many women spend significant periods of time out of the workforce raising children or taking care of elderly parents, significantly diluting their earning power. Women are also more likely to work part-time or work in industries where employers are less likely to offer retirement benefits. And women generally earn less than men. In 2004, women earned 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. All of these factors have a significant impact on what women receive from Social Security and pension, as well as what they are able to accumulate through personal savings. This income gap is further exacerbated by the fact that women generally live longer than men, and therefore, need to stretch their income over a longer period of time. This book consists of public domain documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.

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The Concerned Women of Buduburam Refugee Activists and Humanitarian Dilemmas


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English | 2015 | ISBN: 0801456908 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 0.7 mb
In The Concerned Women of Buduburam, Elizabeth Holzer offers an unprecedented firsthand account of the rise and fall of social protests in a long-standing refugee camp. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the host government of Ghana established the Buduburam Refugee Camp in 1990 to provide sanctuary for refugees from the Liberian civil war (1989-2003). Long hailed as a model of effectiveness, Buduburam offered a best-case scenario for how to handle a refugee crisis. But what happens when refugees and humanitarian actors disagree over humanitarian aid? In Buduburam, refugee protesters were met with Ghanaian riot police. Holzer uses the clash to delve into the complex and often hidden world of humanitarian politics and refugee activism.

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