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Inclusive Growth, Education and Gender Equity

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  • Author   :    Ed.: Poonam Kumari
    Year of Publication   :   2019
    ISBN   :   9789388147071
    Language   :   English
    Binding   :   Hard Bound
    Pages   :   260
    Size   :   23 cms
    Categories   :   2019, Economics, Education & Gender
    Price  :  1000
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    About the Book :
    This book “Inclusive Growth, Education and Gender Equity” is the modest attempt to make a critical examination of gender equity in respect of elusive growth and education. The government of India is very much sensitive to uplift the status of women through inclusive growth. The government has adopted a multifaceted development strategy to address the needs of the women by ensuring their basic rights at par the male partners, needless to name them all, however, education and equity related strategies have gained the popularity. Educational and equity programmes are right-based approach for the social and economic growth of such excluded women who have been a victim of gender discrimination since a long.

    In recent years, Government has a significant role to uplift the women status through inclusive growth. A number of initiatives have been taken in the agenda of inclusive growth, like Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana, Maternity Benefit, Sukanya Smridhi Yojana, National Nutrition Mission, Ujjwal Yojana and Programme of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao.

    This book is valuable for policy-makers and women both, but it would be more valuable for researchers and students both. It would be also beneficial for those who are fond of learning in women studies.

    This book consists of twenty articles contributed by various scholars. The contributors have dwelt upon the role of education and its efficacy in gender equality and inclusive growth.

    Contents include : Skill Development through Higher Education; Inclusive Growth and Disparity of Education; Inclusive Education, SDGs and the Neo-liberal Paradigm of Development; Inclusive Education and Inequalities; Quality Education; School Disruption : An Impediment in the Path of Development; Education System toward Visually Impaired; Trends Analysis of Government Spending on Elementary Education and Outcomes; Gender Differentials in Education Marching towards Equity; Gender Gap and Economic Development; Gender Equality in India; Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals from a Gender Equality Perspective; Why do People Avoid Medical Treatment in India?; Social, Educational and Economical Status of Transgenders; Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao : Towards Gender Equality; Gender Inequality in India at Sub-National Level; Gender Inequality in Modern India; Gender Inequality and Health Outcome; Gender Inequalities in Health Sector of Rural Chhattisgarh; Women Empowerment and Reproductive Health.

    About the Editor :
    Smt. Poonam Kumari is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Education, A.S. College, Deoghar, SKM University, Dumka (Jharkhand). She has done dissertation in analysis of Educational Planning and Policies during her studies and is currently enrolled as a research scholar for pursuing her Ph.D. degree from SKM University, Dumka (Jharkhand).

    She has published a number of articles in national and international journals. She has presided and organized many national conferences and seminars. She has presented many research papers in National and International Conferences.

    Smt. Poonam Kumari is sought after resource-person and she has delivered several lectures at various prestigious institutions of higher education and training. She is closely associated with the Indian Economic Association (IEA), Economic Association of Bihar (EAB) and many academic bodies in the field of Education and Economics at the national-level.