Women and property in urban India /

Baruah, Bipasha., 1971-

Women and property in urban India / Bipasha Baruah. - viii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-235 ) and index.

1 Minding the Gap: Gender and Property Ownership 2 Locating Gender and Property in Development Discourse 3 Place Matters: Orientation to Research Location and Context 4 Complicated Lives: Urban Women and Multiple Vulnerabilities 5 Gendered Realities: Property Ownership and Tenancy Relationships 6 Women and Housing Microfinance 7 Partnership Projects for Urban Basic Services 8 Conclusions: Seeing the Forest and the Trees Appendices Notes References Index.
Minding the gap : gender and property ownership
Locating gender and property in development discourse
Place matters : orientation to research location and context
Complicated lives : urban women and multiple vulnerabilities
Gendered realities : property ownership and tenancy relationships
Women and housing microfinance
Partnership projects for urban basic services
Conclusions : seeing the forest and the trees.

An intimate exploration of the opportunities and constraints faced by low-income women in Ahmedabad, as throughout the Global South, in securing access to landed property.

9780774819282 (pbk.)

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Land tenure--India.
Right of property--India.
Urban women--Housing--India.
Urban women--Social conditions.--India
Women in urban areas--Economic conditions.--India

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