GENDER ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT: Concerns for the 21st Century

Gender issues are wide and spread over the entire gamut of development. Over the decades it appeared to be the most intriguing for development plans. The present book, which is an outcome of a national seminar, held under the auspices of Council for Social Development, New Delhi, is an attempt to look into the gender issues involved in different development activities. The contributors are drawn from different social science backgrounds such as economics, sociology, demography, geography and anthropology. This is done purposely to have perspectives of all these disciplines in one single book.

Bhaswati Das is Faculty Member, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. With more than ten years of research experience, she has diversified her areas of interest towards population, gender and development.

Vimal Khawas is currently Associate Fellow in a newly established Sikkim University, a Central University established by an Act of Parliament of India in 2007. He was previously associated with the Council for Social Development, New Delhi for more than two years. He has been trained in geography at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and in Urban and Regional Development Planning at Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad. He has worked extensively in the areas of agriculture development, human development/security, environmental security and regional development issues. He is an active member of Mountain Forum.