Contents
List of Tables, Figures, and Maps;
Foreword by Anushree Sinha;
Preface;
Abbreviations;
Introduction;
1. (En)gendering Poverty Policy in India
Bina Fernandez;
2. Women and Agriculture in India: Work and Wages
Madhura Swaminathan;
3. Gender, Religion, and the Age at Marriage in India
Sriya lyer;
4. Invisibility and Ordeal of Women Workers in India
AmalMandal;
5. Will Increasing Women's Power Reduce Discrimination against Girl Children in South Asia?
Lisa C. Smith and Elizabeth M. Byron;
6. Maternal Literacy and Child Malnutrition in India
Vani K. Borooah;
7. Gender, Poverty, and HIVTransmission in India
Koumari Mitra;
8. Gender Differences in Early Childhood Feeding Practice Rural West Bengal
Aparna Pandey;
9. Health and Nutritional Status of School Age Children: Some Gender and Age Differentials
Tara Gopaldas;
10. Gender Bias and Family Planning Programme in India
Amitabh Tewari and Suruchi Tewari;
11. Heart Disease among South Asians: Role of Gender
Sumita Das Sarkar and Ahana Sarkar;
12. On Some Measures of Gender Discrimination
Manoranjan Pal and Premananda Bharati;
13. Gender Dimorphism: Discrimination in Rural India, 1930-1975
Aravinda Meera Guntupalli and Alexander Moradi;
14. A New Measure of Gender Bias
Diganta Mukherjee;
15. Gender Bias inMortality?: An Update on Missing Women'
Stephan Klasen and Claudia Wink;
Contributors