Women's livelihood rights : recasting citizenship for development / edited by Sumi Krishna.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krishna, Sumi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights--India.

Women's rights.

India.

Women in development--India.

Women in development.

Equality--India.

Equality.

Physical Description:

xiii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles ; London : Sage Publications ; New Delhi : Sage Publications India, 2007.

Summary:

This interdisciplinary book looks at women's natural resource-based livelihoods in the wider context of development viewed through the lens of citizenship rights. Unravelling the patriarchal social fabric and policy structures in India, it argues that the concept of citizenship needs to be extended to include recognition of ways of life and livelihood, so that women take their legitimate space as productive human beings, entitled to dignity as a political right, and not merely to protection and welfare.

The editor weaves together a historical perspective on varied dimensions of livelihood, development and citizenship. Drawing upon rich field-based researches in 13 states across India, the authors deal with complex and inter-related themes: the need to recognise women's right to resources and their livelihood and employment strategies; the challenges of democratic governance and of restructuring institutional systems to make them responsive; and the role of women's collective agency in development. Reflecting upon and critically analysing context-specific issues in several less-studied locations, the book shows that there is much to be learnt from empathetic interaction with the collective struggles of poor women, and from action and dialogue on the ground. Further, it suggests that feminist politics has to network strategically with other struggles to counter the resistance of traditional and contemporary patriarchal structures, and to work towards recasting citizenship for a gender-just development that ensures women's livelihood rights. With its fresh perspective and insights, this book would be invaluable for research institutions, NGOs, donor agencies and individual practitioners and students working in the fields of gender and development, natural resource management, and livelihood policy, planning and interventions.

Contents:

1 Recasting Citizenship for Women's Livelihood and Development: An Overview / Sumi Krishna 1

I Recognition and Resource Rights

2 Whose Rights? Women in Pastoralist and Shifting Cultivation Communities: A Continuing Struggle for Recognition and Rights to Livelihood Resources / Sagari R. Ramdas, Nitya S. Ghotge 41

3 Transgressing Political Spaces and Claiming Citizenship: The Case of Women Kendu Leaf-Pluckers and the Community Forestry Federation, Ranpur, Orissa / Neera M. Singh 62

4 Legal Identity and Natural Resource Management: The Foraging Irula Women of Killai, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu / P. Thamizoli, P. Ignatius Prabhakar 82

II Work and Employment Strategies

5 Marginal Lives in Marginal Lands: Livelihood Strategies of Women-Headed, Immigrant Households in the Charlands of the River Damodar, West Bengal / Gopa Samanta, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt 99

6 Migrant Tribal Women's Struggle for Livelihood: A Study of the Employment Assurance Scheme in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh / Sandeep Joshi 121

7 Restructuring the Employment Guarantee Scheme: Efforts to Provide Livelihood Opportunities through Women's SHGs and Horticulture in Maharashtra / Chhaya Datar 138

III The Challenge of Democratic Governance

8 In the Name of the Community: Gender, Development and Governance in Arunachal Pradesh / Deepak K. Mishra, Vandana Upadhyay 167

9 The Reinforcement of Gender Stereotypes through Modern Education: The Case of Mizoram / B. Lakshmi 209

IV Restructuring Institutional Systems

10 Mainstreaming Gender in Agricultural Research and Extension: How Do We Move beyond Efficiency Arguments? / Meghana Kelkar 229

11 Women and Water Policy: Issues and Alternatives / Seema Kulkarni 243

12 Do Property Rights in Land Ensure Greater Participation of Women in Resource Management? Notes from a Study in Rural Karnataka / M. Indira 263

13 'Just' Laws are not Enough: A Note on the Common Civil Code, Marriage and Inheritance in Goa / Shaila Desouza 277

V Women's Collective Agency, Development and Citizenship

14 The Sangha Mane: The Translation of an Internal Need into a Physical Space / Vinalini Mathrani, Vani Periodi 289

15 SHGs as Change Agents in Enhancing the Political Participation of Women in Local Self-Governance / Mandakini Pant 318

16 Exploring Linkages between Citizenship, Livelihood Security and Gender Equality: Planned Interventions and Outcomes in Rajasthan / Shobhita Rajagopal 345

VI Dignity in Struggle: Lessons from the Past

17 Women's Development under Patriarchy: The Experience of the Sathins / Rajesh Ramakrishnan, Viren Lobo, Depinder Kapur 367.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780761936008

0761936009

9788178297637

8178297639

OCLC:

144570849