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Perspectives on Social Change in a Kerala Village
Get PDFRegardless of the breakdown of the caste-occupation corresponding to thecaste hierarchy system, caste considerations prevail in India. The risingincidence of honour killings and atrocities that the downtroddencommunities are susceptible to are manifestations of this phenomenon.These factors, along with caste-based mobilisation and agitations reportedin several places, indicate that Indian villages are emerging as conflict zones.An exception is Kerala which achieved a high level of social development.In this context, an investigation into the social changes of Kerala villagesand the contributing factors assumes significanc
Dynamics of Early Marriage of Girls among Meos of Mewat, Haryana
Get PDFThe prevalence of the early marriage of girls has been widely documentedin many communities across the world. Although the detrimental effectsof this practice have been highlighted, the actual propelling factors andopinions as well as experiences of the women who married young havenot received much attention. This paper presents a qualitativephenomenological analysis, carried out through semi structured interviewswith 15 Meo women from rural Mewat, Haryana, India, who had an earlymarriage. An attempt was made to capture their lived experiences throughdominant shared themes, which were identified following an idiographicapproach and analysed using a social constructionist framewor
Visible’ yet ‘Invisible’: A Social Justice Approach to Understanding Access to Education for People with Albinism
Get PDFThe condition of albinism affects people throughout the world regardlessof race, colour, gender or ethnicity. Despite its prevalence, advancementsin medicine and increasing public awareness about albinism, people withalbinism continue to face widespread discrimination, stigmatisation,violence and social exclusion. Their full and effective participation in societyon an equal basis with others is severely hindered by attitudinal andenvironmental barriers. While there is a great disparity in the prevalenceof albinism occurrence across the world, it occurs mostly in sub-SaharanAfrica. By adopting a social justice and human rights lens, this paper exploresthe many complex issues that impact upon the access to education forpeople with albinism
The Gender Perspective: A Study of Student Welfare Services in Higher Educational Institution in Puducherry
Get PDFStudent Welfare Services are an integral part of a higher educationalinstitution. The student welfare services cater to both the academic andthe non-academic needs of the students who enter the HEIs with hopeand enthusiasm. The needs of the students are diverse and they vary withrespect to gender, locale, age, community, region and many more suchfactors. The aim of this research is understand the nature and kind ofstudent welfare services available in the higher education institutions inPuducherry, India, and how both the genders view them. The study alsofocuses on the nature of the activities, policies and practices which areavailable in one higher education institution in the Puducherry distric
Learning and innovation in youth-owned small businesses
Get PDFThe birth and survival rate of youth-owned businesses has been a major concern forpolicymakers, industry and academics alike. Learning and innovation play important roles and morecritical is the mediating factors and how it impacts the enterprise competitiveness of youth-ownedbusinesses and hence worth studying. Therefore, this study aims to examine the impact of mediatingfactors such as government support, informal network society and external knowledge infrastructureon learning and innovation in youth-owned small businesses in Lagos, Nigeria, from a cross-sectionalperspectiv