Empowerment of Women - Hardcover

This volume of three books concentrates on rural women development process. The status of rural women in different parts of the world and various programmes designed to empower them are described elaborately in these volumes. The focus is on issues like gender inequalities in labour market and in entrepreneurship, micro finance options for women empowerment. Microcredit schemes for rural women and micro finance movement in India have also been discussed elaborately. Contents:- Vol 1- Contents, Preface vii, 1. Progress of Women through Labour 1, Impact of Globalisation; Tools for Promoting, Accountability; Gender Inequality in Labour, Market; Women Entrepreneurship; Inequalities, in Entreprenurship., 2. Empowerment of Rural Women 54, Empowerment of Rural Women; Gender and, Economic Growth; Theoretical Linkages; Gender, Bias in Economic Growth; Growth' Education, and Gender Inequality; Empowerment of Women, through Micro-Finance Programmes; NGOManaged, Micro-Finance Programmes., 3. Poverty Alleviation through Women Labour 119, Poverty Elemination through Women Empowerment;, Women in Labour Market; Changing Face, of Employment Structure; Women in Market, Management; Need for Gender Equality;, Violence against Women., 4. Dilemmas of Women Labour Rights 182, Changing Role of Women., 5. Gender Mainstreaming 217, VI EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN LABOUR, 6. Information Technology Orientations 266, Accessing Information; Women’s, Empowerment Through IT., Bibliography 311, Index 313. Vol 2- Contents, Preface vii, 1. Role of Microfinance in Women Empowerment 1, Eradication of Poverty; Microcredit Programmes, and Women Empowerment., 2. Gendering Microfinance 58, Gender Issues in Microfinance; Micro-credit, Schemes and Rural Women.