Women And Property In Urban India
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Women and Property in Urban India
Author | : Bipasha Baruah |
Publisher | : UBC Press |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2010-11-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0774819308 |
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Half the world's population now lives in cities. Governments and international development agencies have made housing the urban poor a priority, but few focus on women's needs. Based on research conducted in Ahmedabad in collaboration with the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), this book maps the constraints and opportunities that low-income women throughout the Global South face in securing property, which remains overwhelmingly in male hands. Their experiences and vulnerabilities open a window to assess not only land tenure and property laws but also potential solutions such as microcredit financing and diverse theoretical approaches to gender and development.