Asalatha, B. P. and Vijayamohanan, Pillai N. (2010): “Yatra
Naaryastu Poojyante……” Women Development in India. Download
(280Kb) | Preview Though the principle of gender equality is
firmly established in the Indian Constitution, translating de
jure gender equality and the promise of social, economic and
political justice, into de facto reality has been one of India’s
major challenges over the years, given a long background of an
Asiatic society chained by patriarchal domination. There is
still unfortunately a wide gap between the goals enunciated in
the Constitution, legislation and policies and the current
status of Indian women. Though for the first time, a separate
section on `Gender Equity’ was included in the Draft Approach
Paper to the 11th Five Year Plan, the Paper has not given enough
focus on women’s empowerment issues in the country. The present
paper critically examines the Indian experience over time of
women in development. |Item Type:||MPRA Paper| |Original
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