Difficult Dialogues: A Compendium of Contemporary Essays on Gender Inequality in India
Categories: Human Rights, Statebuilding
Sub-Categories: Democratization and Political Participation, Economic Participation, Human Development
Country: India
Region: South and Central Asia
Year: 2019
Citation: Ravi, Dr. Shamika, editor. Difficult Dialogues: A Compendium of Contemporary Essays on Gender Inequality in India. Brookings India, 2019.
Sub-Categories: Democratization and Political Participation, Economic Participation, Human Development
Country: India
Region: South and Central Asia
Year: 2019
Citation: Ravi, Dr. Shamika, editor. Difficult Dialogues: A Compendium of Contemporary Essays on Gender Inequality in India. Brookings India, 2019.
Executive Summary
The compendium seeks to provide a lens to view gender inequality in contemporary India, from political participation to wage parity and economic opportunities, to the interplay of gender and poverty in street situations. Every essay in the compendium is rooted in empirical evidence and peer-reviewed by experts in the field, making this a handy guide for those looking to study both India’s progress and challenges through the prism of gender.