An agenda for gender politics
By: Sonalkar, Wandana.
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ArticlePublisher: 1999Description: p.24-29.Subject(s): Civil law - India | Women in politics - India | Women - India | Women
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Economic and Political WeeklySummary: Patriarchy in India starts with the control of women or men in the family but works in such a way as to perpetuate caste hierarchies; and the preservation of caste is the basis for the functioning of this patriarchy. Will the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill as it is, as a first measure, without a wide-ranging discussion of the underlying caste issues really empower women in the struggle against patriarchy in the social and political specificity of present-day India? - Reproduced
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 34, Issue no: 1-2 | Available | AR40297 |
Patriarchy in India starts with the control of women or men in the family but works in such a way as to perpetuate caste hierarchies; and the preservation of caste is the basis for the functioning of this patriarchy. Will the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill as it is, as a first measure, without a wide-ranging discussion of the underlying caste issues really empower women in the struggle against patriarchy in the social and political specificity of present-day India? - Reproduced
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