Research Abstracts On Women's Empowerment 1998-2008 - Nipccd

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Research Abstracts on Women’s Empowerment

1998 – 2008

2009

Documentation Centre for Women and Children
National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development
5, Siri Institutional Area, Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110016
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Copyright: National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development, 2009

Research Abstracts on Women’s Empowerment, 1998 - 2008
Project Team

Guidance and Support : Dr. Dinesh Paul

Dr. Sulochana Vasudevan

Project In-Charge : Meenakshi Sood

Abstracting : Prekshi

Computer Assistance : Pawan Kumar

Research Abstracts on Women’s Empowerment, 1998 - 2008
Foreword

Research on women and children reveals that there are several areas which require the attention of
planners and programme implementers. Policy decisions based on research findings are rooted in
ground reality, and therefore have the capacity to bring about tangible improvement in the situation,
whether it is with regard to nutritional status, health practices, income generation, domestic violence
or rights of women and children. Research on social issues in India is being conducted by a plethora of
organisations, namely research institutes, government ministries and departments, autonomous
organisations, home science colleges, social work departments of universities, medical colleges,
international and national voluntary organisations. As research is a vital input for development,
planners, administrators and researchers are on the look out for social factors which have the
potential to impact the outcomes of various programmes. With this aim in view, the Documentation
Centre for Women and Children (DCWC) of the Institute is engaged in the process of collecting and
documenting valuable research in the areas of women and children. DCWC collects research findings
from many widely scattered sources for the use of researchers. Hence this project was undertaken
to bring out compilations of research abstracts on various areas for the benefit of users.

“Research Abstracts on Women’s Empowerment, 1998-2008” has been compiled to present widely
scattered research in a compact form, and assist in making encapsulated information and
recommendations of research available to planners, programme implementers and researchers.
Research studies conducted by various organisations during the period 1998 to 2008 have been
summarised on various subjects such as agriculture and women, deserted and divorced women,
domestic violence, dowry, women’s empowerment, gender issues, marriage, panchayati raj, terrorist
violence, self help groups, situation of women, widows, working women, etc.

It is hoped that this document would be of immense value to all stakeholders working for the survival,
development and empowerment of women and children. It would not have been possible to bring out
this document without the cooperation of various organisations who have very kindly shared their
research studies with NIPCCD. I wish to place on record my appreciation of the efforts put in by the
staff of DCWC specially Smt. Meenakshi Sood, Deputy Director, and Dr. Dinesh Paul, Additional
Director (TC) and Dr. Sulochana Vasudevan, Joint Director (WD) for overall guidance and support in
completion of the project.

(A.K. Gopal)

Research Abstracts on Women’s Empowerment, 1998 - 2008
Contents

S. No. Subjects and Titles Page No.

Agriculture and Women

1. Report on scheduled caste women in agriculture. (1998). 1
- National Commission for Women, New Delhi.
-

2. Report of the National Task Force on Technological Empowerment 2
of Women in Agriculture. (2004).
- National Commission for Women, New Delhi.
-

3. Climbing a long road : women in agriculture in India : ten years after 3
Beijing. (2001).
- Sujaya, C.P.
- M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai.

AIDS

4. Women and health : A study of the cognitive and attitudinal impact 5
of an AIDS awareness educational intervention on college students.
(2003).
- Sophia Centre for Women's Studies and Development, Dept
of Psychology and Education, Sophia College, Mumbai.

Awareness Generation Projects

5. Impact assessment of awareness generation project : a 6
comprehensive project. (2006).
- Vidyasagar School of Social Work, Kolkata.

Childlessness

6. Childlessness and its consequences in India : levels, patterns and 8
differentials. (2008).
- Ram, Usha.
- International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai.

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Credit for Women

7. Micro-enterprises and gender division of labour : an empirical study 10
of self-employed women in Maharashtra. (2003).
- Bokil, Milind S.
- Development Support Team, Pune.
-

8. Demand survey for micro finance in Central Eastern India : a 11
proposal. (2003).
- Independent Commission for People's Rights and
Development.

9. Research study on effectiveness of women self help groups in micro 12
enterprises development in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. (2004).
- National Commission for Women, New Delhi.

10. Micro-finance and women's empowerment : programme and policy 13
review. (2007).
- Premchander, Smita and Vanguri, Pramila.
- CARE India, New Delhi.

11. Micro-finance poverty alleviation and empowerment of women : a 14
study of two NGOs from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. (2004).
- Rajasekhar, D.
- Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.

12. Impact study of Rashtriya Mahila Kosh credit facilities to poor 16
women through non-governmental organisations. (1997).
- Tandon, Jannavi, Mishra, R. N. and Saxena, H. C.
- Banaras Hindu Univ., Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for
Women's Studies and Development, Varanasi.

13. Slum women empowered by saving credit programme. (2004). 17
- Wadiniale, Saroj M.
- Social Welfare.

Deserted Women/ Divorced Women

14. Inching towards equality : a comparative analysis of CEDAW and 19
Muslim personal law in India. (2005).
- All India Democratic Women's Association, New Delhi.

15. A Diagnostic study of wives deserted by NRIs Punjab. (2005). 20
- Jabbi, M.K.
- Council for Social Development, New Delhi.

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16. A Study on socio-economic security of divorced and separated 21
Muslim women. (2001).
- Jayaprakash Institute of Social Change, Vidyasagar School
of Social Work, Kolkata.

17. Problems in women-headed households resulting from desertion. 22
(1998).
- Mathew, Anna.
- Roda Mistry College of Social Work and Research Centre,
Hyderabad.

18. Divorce and muslim women. (2000). 23
- Moinuddin, S.A.H.
- Rawat, New Delhi.

19. A Study on desertion of married women by NRIs in Punjab and 24
Andhra Pradesh. (2007).
- NIPCCD, New Delhi.

20. Desertion of married women by non resident Indians (NRIs) in 25
Andhra Pradesh : draft report. (2004).
- Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Dept of Women's
Studies, Tirupati.

Displaced Women/ Evicted Women

21. Status of women and children in displacement : summary. (2001). 27
- Kaushik, Susheela et al.
- Centre for Development Studies and Action, New Delhi.

22. Uprooted homes and uprooted lives : A study of the impact of 28
involuntary resettlement of a slum community in Mumbai. (2006).
- Madhiwalla, Neha and Gopal, Meena.
- CEHAT, Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes,
Mumbai.

23. Development induced displacement in India : impact on women. 29
(2004).
- Pandey, Balaji and Rout, Binaya Kumar.
- National Commission for Women, New Delhi.

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Domestic Violence

24. Stress and health implications of domestic violence. (2004). 31
- Athalye, Naina Rao.
- Sophia Centre for Women's Studies and Development,
Mumbai.

25. Ending domestic violence : self help groups can help. (2005). 32
- Bokil, Milind.
- Development Support Team, Pune.

26. A Study on the psychosocial circumstances in the family life and 33
environment of married women victims in the reported cases of
family violence in Delhi and Kolkata Metropolis. (2001).
- Gangopadhyay, Maushumi.
- National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science,
New Delhi.

27. Innovative, women-initiated community level responses to domestic 34
violence : a study of Nari Adalat. (2002).
- International Centre for Research on Women, New Delhi.

28. Men, masculinity and domestic violence in India : summary report of 35
4 studies. (2002).
- International Centre for Research on Women, Washington,
DC.

29. Angst theirs and ours : domestic violence : an epidemic on the 36
upsurge. (2001).
- Lakdawala, Hanif and Surendradas, Sandhya.
- Sanchetana Community Health and Research Centre,
Ahmedabad.

30. Why some men batter their wives : a report about perpetrators of 37
domestic violence. (2003).
- Lakdawala, Hanif, Sen Balasaria, Rini and Rajput, Payal.
- Sanchetana Community Health and Research Centre,
Ahmedabad.

31. Domestic violence as a public issue: a review of responses. (2000). 39
- Mitra, Nishi.
- Tata Institute of Social Science, Unit for Women's Studies,
Mumbai.

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32. Rights based strategies in the prevention of domestic violence. 40
(2003).
- Panda, Pradeep Kumar.
- Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.

33. Wife-battering : a study of domestic violence in the slums of 41
Varanasi : project report. (2000).
- Prasad, Shweta.
- Banaras Hindu Univ., Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for
Women's Studies and Development, Varanasi.

34. A Study on domestic violence in rural Gujarat. (2000). 42
- Society for Operations Research and Training, Baroda.

35. Violence against women and domestic violence in Sikkim : a research 43
study : final report. (2002).
- Society for Promotion of Art, Culture, Education and
Environmental Excellence (SPACE), Gangtok, Sikkim.

36. Wife abuse : a study of the influencing factors and its 44
consequences. (1991).
- Sundar, Sumithra.
- Madras Univ., Dept. of Psychology, Chennai.

37. A Situational analysis of domestic violence against women in Kerala. 45
(2005).
- Sunny, Celine, et al.
- Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Research Institute,
Kalamassery, Kerala.

38. Abuse and activity limitation : study on domestic violence against 46
disabled women in Orissa. (2005).
- Swabhiman, Bhubaneswar.

39. Domestic violence against women in rural Udaipur : findings from a 47
household study in Seva Mandir's work area. (2004).
- Thornhill, Laura.
- Seva Mandir, Udaipur.

40. Support services to counter violence against women in Kerala : a 48
resource directory. (2002).
- UNIFEM, New Delhi.

Dowry

41. Expanding dimensions of dowry. (2003). 50
- All India Democratic Women's Association, New Delhi.

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42. Reaching for half the sky. (2003). 51
- Chakraborty, Indrani.
- SANLAAP, Kolkata.

43. Crimes against women role of Section 498-A IPC in states of Delhi 53
and Haryana : study report. (2002).
- Shinghal, N.K.
- Bureau of Police Research and Development, New Delhi.

44. IPC Section 498 A : used or misused. (2005). 54
- Council for Social Research, New Delhi.

45. Dowry system in Northern India : women’s attitudes and social 55
change. (2004).
- Srinivasan, Padma and Lee, Gary, R.
- Journal of Marriage and Family.

Drudgery

46. Study on drudgery reduction and time utility : Swa-Shakti. (2004). 57
- Jamwal, Vijay.
- Uttaranchal, Dept. of Women and Child Development, Swa-
Shakti Project, Dehradun.

Empowerment of Women

47. Pilot study on impact evaluation of STEP in Andhra Pradesh, 58
Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Orissa. (2004).
- Andhra Pradesh Industrial and Technical Consultancy
Organization, Hyderabad.

48. Impact evaluation of women and girl beneficiary oriented 60
programmes and schemes on their socio-economic status in Himachal
Pradesh with executive summary. (~2003).
- Bakshi, J.D.
- People's Action for People in Need, Andheri Village, Sirmour
Dist, Himachal Pradesh.

49. Redesigning from the roots : critical review of training initiatives : 61
towards empowerment of women and redesigning policy. (2000).
- Institute of Social Studies Trust, Bangalore.

50. Women's empowerment: experience from watershed project. 62
(2004).
- Joshi, Meenakshi.
- Social Welfare.

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