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100 _aSonalkar, Wandana
245 _aAn agenda for gender politics
260 _c1999
300 _ap.24-29
362 _a2 & 9 Jan
520 _aPatriarchy 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
650 _aCivil law - India
650 _aWomen in politics - India
650 _aWomen - India
650 _aWomen
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
909 _a39925
999 _c39925
_d39925