Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership

Cover
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
A Note from the Co-ordinator
Introduction: Understanding Land Rights of Women
1 - Marginalization of Women: Inheritance in Assam
2 - Need for an Ideological Struggle: Society and Law in Bihar
3 - Gendered Spaces: Agrarian Economy of Haryana
4 - Customary Practices, Law and Gender in Himachal Pradesh
5 - Addressing Legal Rights in Karnataka
6 - Residual Farmers on Household Land? Women and Second Generation Concerns of Regulation in Kerala
7 - Gendering Land Reforms in Madhya Pradesh
8 - Women and Inheritance Practices in Manipur
9 - Tribal Areas of Meghalaya: Land Ownership of Women
10 - Need for a Paradigm Shift: Justice and Equality for Women in Orissa
11 - Women’s Entitlement and Legal Position in Puducherry (Pondicherry)
12 - Gender and Reform in Punjab
13 - Women’s Access and Rights to Land in Uttar Pradesh
14 - Analyzing Women’s Rights: A Field Study from West Bengal
About the Editor and Contributors
Index