Browsing by Subject "empowerment"

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Conceptualizing Women’s Empowerment: Theoretical Parameters and their Interplays
(University of North Bengal, 2014-03) Dey, Sourav Madhur
This paper begins from the understanding that women's empowerment is inescapably bound up with the condition of disempowerment. It is about a process of change by which those who have been denied the ability to make strategic life choices acquire such ability.
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Dynamics within the Gendered Space: The Role of Kudumbasree in Kerala
(University of North Bengal, 2022-03) S., Krishna
The notion of space as a physical idea or a static social structure has changed over the years. It is no more a fixed geographical place; instead, it is understood more in terms of its link with the social sphere. Space is also experienced as a form of control for groups like women, limiting their outward mobility. Nevertheless, this paper argues that the same space is also used as a site for women’s actualization, breaking free of gender constraints, and achieving power. Applying the spatial perspective in gender studies and linking it with the architectural realities of spatial location, the paper examines how the idea and practice of space could be a source of advantage for men and disadvantage to the rural women of Kerala and attempts to capture the women’s efforts to subvert such disparities, with reference to the Kudumbasree programme.
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Scheduled Tribe Status and Competition for Public Sector Jobs: A Study in Kalimpong Area in Darjeeling
(University of North Bengal, 2016-03) Roy, D. C.
Government job plays an important role in empowering different communities particularly the Scheduled Tribe communities in their socio-economic fields. The Constitution of India through its various provisions [Article 15(A), 16(A) etc.] has reserved jobs for Scheduled Tribe Communities in various Central and State government institutions and concerns. Members of Scheduled Tribe communities are open to avail of the opportunities created by reservation in the job market. But it has been observed that even after more than six decades of the policy of reservation being in force all communities under ST category are not equally availing of the benefits of reservation because of their differential social and economic standing. The socio-economic background, outlook, educational status, location of residence, religious faiths etc. restrict different ST communities from attaining the Constitutional provisions uniformly. The already better off sections among the ST communities are in advantageous position as they attain more benefits compared to the ST communities that are economically and educationally worse off. The growth of population and inclusion of new communities under ST category have intensified the competition and widened inequality. The present paper attempts to find the status of major ST communities of Darjeeling in availing the public sector jobs. The empowerment of women among the different ST communities in specific and in proportion to the total female employees has also been investigated. Religion is seen to play an important role in attainment of education and therefore jobs. The present paper attempts to investigate the relation between education and employment among the different ST groups of the region.
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Women`s emancipation and empowerment : a critical examination of Dr. B R Ambedkar`s social and political ideas
(University of North Bengal, 2008) Yasmin; Sengupta, Pradip Kumar