000			00934nam a22002057a 4500
999			_c37567 _d37567
020			_a9781349959921
041			_aEnglish.
082			_a305.420954 _bWOM-
245			_aWomen, political struggles and gender equality in South Asia / _cedited by Margaret Alston
260			_aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2020.
300			_axi, 260p.
440			_aGender, development and social change
504			_aInclude index.
520			_aA brutal gang-rape of a young woman in India in 2012 caused a global outcry against rising brutal violence against women. In response to the young woman's death and the protests that followed, the contributors analyze the position of women in South Asia, the issue of violence, women's political activism and gender inequalities
546			_aEnglish.
650			_aWomen's rights _zSouth Asia.
650			_aEquality _zSouth Asia.
700			_aAlston, Margaret _eeditor
942			_2ddc _cBK