{"product_id":"gender-discrimination-and-development-paradox","title":"Gender Discrimination and Development Paradox","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rawat Publications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Neerja Ahlawat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1st Edition, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9788131607749\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 210\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndia’s economic growth story has not translated into corresponding progress in the social sphere, particularly in gender equality. Despite improvements in health care, literacy, and job opportunities, gender relations and sex ratios, especially the child sex ratio, remain starkly unbalanced. The book highlights a disturbing paradox in India's development: the growing use of sex-selective technologies, such as ultrasound, which are misused to select sons and deselect daughters. This alliance between tradition and technology continues to worsen the child sex ratio, leading to the rise of female foeticide and infanticide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume delves deep into the multi-layered dimensions of the child sex ratio issue, offering research and insights on the cultural, socio-economic, and technological factors contributing to this crisis. Scholars from diverse backgrounds examine the strategies and policies that could reverse this damaging trend. By understanding the systemic nature of this gender-based discrimination, the book calls for both social and legal reforms to address these deep-rooted issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDestruction and Denial of Motherhood \/ Virinder Singh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChild Sex Ratios and Gender Discrimination \/ Mary E. John\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEliminating Daughters: An Unfortunate Reality of West and North–West India \/ Anjali Radkar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEliminating Daughters and Selecting Sons \/ Neerja Ahlawat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWomen and the Conservative Backlash in Society and Media \/ Manjeet Rathee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDispensing with Daughters: Exploring the Socio-Economic and Cultural Dimensions of Female Foeticide and Infanticide \/ Anjali Dewan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBehavioural Categorization of Women Based on Empowerment Level and the Extent of Son-Preference \/ Dweepika Kumari\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnsuring Dignity of the Girl Child \/ Jaya Kritika Ojha and Binod Mishra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombating Female Foeticide: PCPNDT Act and Its Implementation \/ Mitu Khurana\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFemale Foeticide \/ Sudha Yadav\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGirl Child Discrimination Since Conception of Life \/ Sonu Dehmiwal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeerja Ahlawat is a professor at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, and the Hon. 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