Gender discrimination in land ownership /

Gender discrimination in land ownership / edited by Prem Chowdhry. - New Delhi, India ; Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd., 2009. - xxxv, 314 p. ; 23 cm. - Land reforms in India ; v. 11 . - Land reforms in India ; v. 11. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine derived contents note:
Assam - M Parwez
Marginalization of Women: Inheritance in Assam
Bihar - Hetukar Jha
Need of an Ideological Struggle: Society and Law in Bihar
Haryana - Raj Mohini Sethi
Gendered Spaces: Agrarian Economy of Haryana
Himachal Pradesh - Raj Mohini Sethi
Customary Practices, Law and Gender in Himachal Pradesh
Karnataka - Jennifer Brown, Kripa Ananthpur, Renee Giovarelli
Addressing Legal Rights in Karnataka
Kerala - Praveena Kodoth
Residual Farmers on Household Land? Women and Second Generation Concerns of Regulation in Kerala
Madhya Pradesh - M Rajivlochan and Meeta Rajivlochan
Gendering Land Reforms in Madhya Pradesh
Manipur - Ksh Bimola Devi and Saroj Arora
Women and Inheritance Practices in Manipur Ksh
Meghalaya - M N Karna
Tribal Areas of Meghalaya: Land Ownership of Women
Orissa - Asha Hans, Padmaja Mishra and Amrita Mishra Patel
Need for a Paradigm Shift: Justice and Equality for Women in Orissa
Puducherry (Pondicherry)(Union Territory) - N Rajasekhar
Women's Entitlement and Legal Position in Puducherry (Pondicherry)
Punjab - Raj Mohini Sethi
Gender and Reform in Punjab
Uttar Pradesh - Saroj Arora and LC Singhi
Women's Access and Rights to Land in Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal - Jennifer Brown and Sujata Das Chowdhury
Analyzing Women's Rights: A Field Study from West Bengal.

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Land tenure--India.
Women landowners--India.
Sex discrimination against women--India.
Land tenure--Law and legislation--India.

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