TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sakuntala Narasimhan
AU  - NARASIMHAN (Sakuntala)
TI  - Empowering Women: An Alternative Strategy From Rural India
SN  - 8170368065
U1  - 305.420954 23
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Rural Women
KW  - Economic Development
KW  - Social Status
KW  - Caste India
N2  - Conventional approaches to the empowerment of women in developing countries tend to stress the primacy of poverty alleviation. This book draws on research into the effectiveness of NGO programmes in India to show that the most important aspect to empowerment is to change mindsets - to instil in women the conviction that they have a right to assert their legitimate demands
ER  -