CONTENTS:-
I. VOLUNTARY EFFORTS IN Women UPLIFT:
NGOs: Key Players in Nation-Building; Role of NGOs in National Development; Growth Graph of NGOs in India; The 'Gram Vikas' of Orissa; Crucial Observations on NGOs; Rules for Functioning; Common Areas of Operation; Women and Social Service; Women and the Cultural Divide; National Culture; Legal Safeguards or "Paper Tigers"?; Culture, Women's Issues and Rotary Club; Where do we go from here?; Suggestions
II. THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN:
Role of the National Commission for Women; Status of NCW; Objectives of NCW; The Vested Interests; Conclusion; NCW: The Ray of Hope for Women; Origin; Structure, Objectives and Functions; Status of State Commissions; The Scope and Reach of NCW
III. SENSITIZATION PROCESS:
Custodial Care for Women, Non-prison Custody; Custodial Care and Human Rights; Gender Bias in Population Control Measures; Gender Inequity; The Male Bias Apparent; Important Aspects; Bonded Labour and Child Bondage; Operational Aspects of the Act; Instance in the Case of Tamil Nadu; National Forum for Blind Women; The Figures; Efforts of the Government in the Direction
IV. WOMEN IN PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT:
Role of Women in Growth and Development in India, The Rural Contribution; The Major Concerns of Rural Women; The Constitutional Hopes; Essentials for Full Participation; Development Participation of Women in Saarc and Asia-Pacific Regions; The Women Entrepreneur; Individual and Society: The Correlation; Society; Ideal Society; Family; Indian Family; Modernization Effect; Religion and Society; Some Premises; Women and Religion; Status of Asian Region; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Indonesia; Kazakhistan
V. WOMEN PORTRAYAL IN THE MEDIA:
Media's Role towards Women
VI. Trafficking IN WOMEN FOR Prostitution:
Woman and Prostitution: Greatest Scourge Afflicting Womankind Down the Ages; The Age-old Recourse to Trafficking; International Curbs; Curtailment of Trafficking in Humans in the Context of India; Women in Prostitution-Human Rights Perspective; Modus Operandi: Forceful Compliance; Prevention, Rescue and Rehabilitation Required; Social Welfare; The Ngo Role; Aids Awareness-Need of the Hour; Preparatory Research; Research Findings; AIDS and Women in Prostitution; WHO Facts and Figures; Tradition-bound Barriers; War against AIDS and Prostitution; "Actionable Action Plans" The Girl Child; The Statutory Provisions for Children Particularly Girls; Statistics on Prostitution; Legalisation of Prostitution; The Child as Target; Steps for Curtailment; NCW in Forefront of Women's Struggle; Rehabilitation by NCW
VII. Empowerment: PANACEA FOR WOMEN'S DENIALS:
Women in Decision-making Process; Empowerment of Women Through Various International and National Agencies; Confronting Poverty; NCW as Vehicle for Empowerment; Furthering Equal Participation of Women in the Political Process; Rights and Current Status of Women; Bapu's Concern for Women; Representation of Women in Governance; Rajiv Gandhi's Concern for Women; Empowerment through Grass Roots Democracy; Political Empowerment of Women; Enlightenment: Key to Progress; NCW's Contributions; Fifty Years of Independence and Status of Women; Institutionalized Mechanisms for Gender Equality; Women Sustain the Community; Socio-economic Development of Women; The UN Perspective for Women's Development; Rights and Equality: how to Attain; Political will Needed; Women in Decision Making; Government Commitment to Empowerment of Women; Imparting of Skills to Women; Empowerment of Women; Participation of Women in Public Affairs; Status of Women in Developing Nations; Status of women in India
VIII. GENDER Justice:
Gender Justice and Social Groups; Sexual Harassment at Workplace
IX. SOCIAL Reforms AND WOMEN:
Religion and Women; Reformist Practices Prevalent Earlier; The Current Position of Women Governed by Personal Laws; Conclusion
X. IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS:
Women's Development; Education for Women for Development; Educational Priorities for Women in India; Corporate Initiative; Means of Attainment
XI. PROHIBITION Essential FOR WOMEN'S EMANCIPATION:
Improving Health Standards Via Prohibition; Evil Effects of Alcohol
XII. WOMEN AND THE MODERN World:
Organization of Women Required
XIII. HABITAT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY:
Habitat is a Must: It Affects Women; Inclusion of Women in Joint Ownership of Property; Sanitation Needs Improvement in Rural and Poor Areas; Employment Participation of Women; Habitat and its Concomitants; Education and Empowerment; A Look at Women's Education Scenario; Current Status of Women in Higher Education
XIV. GENDER EQUALITY WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE:
Extension of Civil Rights to People for Improving Social Order; Gender Equality-Key to New International Economic Order; UN Secy-general's Message; Authority of State Commissions cannot be Doubted; Judicial Process comes to the Rescue
