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Decentralised Governance and Political Empowerment of Women: Gram Panchayats in Koraput District of Odisha, India
Get PDFWomen‘s participation in publiclifeis often constrained due to various socio-economic conditions.The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India provides 33 per cent reservationfor women togive them wider representation in the local bodies. In spite of such and other provisions,empowerment of women is not satisfactory because of certain factors like political failure, lack ofeducation and awareness among women. Against this background, a study was conducted in abackward and tribal district of Odisha, which examined the political processes. The study attemptedto find out how women perceive their political empowerment as people‘s representatives. Italso.examined the perception of elected representatives on political empowerment. Thefindings of thestudy are expected to give a better understanding of the relationship between socio-economic.backwardness of the region and women‘s participation and empowerment. In turn, this will help inmeeting the challenges of women‘s empowerment as envisioned in the 73rd amendment.This.empirical study found that the participation of women is adversely influenced by the socioeconomicstructure of the region. The socio-economic backwardness of the region affectedthe.capabilities of women intheir participation as people‘s representatives. The performance of thewomen members appears to be more adversely affected than the male members. Thus, capabilitiesin the public domain are not only gendered, but also socio-economically structured
Sex and Sexuality among Unwed Mothers in Kerala
Get PDFThe lack of factual knowledge of sexual matters among teenagers is often attributed as one of themajor causes of unwed pregnancies. This article attempts to find out the relevance of theknowledge on sexual matters among the unwed mothers residing in the licensed homes in Kerala.A standardized scale on Sex and Sexuality developed by Rao (2006) was used to measure thesame. The study also seeks to understand whether there is any association between age andeducation, and the knowledge about sex. The respondents (unwed mothers) were selected fromthe nine licensed homes based on an inclusion criteria. Findings revealed that the overallknowledge about sex among the unwed mothers was very low. There was association betweeneducation and sexual knowledge. There was no association between the level of sexual knowledgeand age of unwed mothers. The results offer guidance to human service agencies in makingdecisions on additional components and enhancements to existing programmes and services forunwed mothers
Dominant Caste System in Rural India
No full textAbout 70 per cent of the Indian population live in the villages where the caste-based socialstructure is very strong. The primary source of income of the people in the villages is land. Thosewho own land dominate the rural social structure. In most of the land is traditionallymonopolized by the forward castes. In some areas the traditional backward castes, which haveattained upward mobility, also own land. These upper backward castes are also called Kulak class.The land owning caste is the dominant caste and the members of other castes work as agriculturallabourers. The dependent castes have to depend on the dominant caste for their livelihood andsurvival. In the study area of Bihar where five villages have been taken for intensive study, thedominant caste system as enunciated by M.N. Srinivas is clearly evident. The dominant caste hasdominance in the areas of land ownership, education, occupation and in the rural political powerstructure. The study shows that caste-class congruence is apparent in the rural social and politicalpower structure. Economic power coupled with numerical strength and power of coercion are.important for establishing dominance in the villages. Here, the dominant caste system perpetuatesclass oppression and exploitation of the weaker sections in the rural areas
Segmentation of The Role Conflict :Women Employees In Information technology Sector
Get PDFThe traditional nuclear family where the husband worksoutside and the wife cares for the home and children is the systemwhich no longer applies to the majority of the families since the pastfew decades. There has been an accelerated influx of women into paidemployment roles that have taken place in the recent past. The studydeals with grouping of respondents and its relationship with each other.A sample size of 598 was administered for the study. Statistical toolswere employed for obtaining the results and their implication was studiedand recorded
Journal of the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences
Get PDFThe Rajagiri Journal of Social Development is a publication of the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences. The Rajagiri College of Social Sciences was established by the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), who have made significant efforts in the development of education in the state of Kerala. At present they manage a network of educational institutions not only in the state of Kerala but also in other parts of the country
Quality Of Life and Social Support of Cancer Patients in Kerala
Get PDFQuality Of Life and Social Support of Cancer Patients in Keral
Peermade Development Society:A Synonym For Sustainable Development
Get PDF Peermade Development Society:A Synonym For Sustainable Developmen
Impact of Energy Subsidy Removal on Climate Change: A CGE Modelling Approach for India
Get PDFThere is a negative relationship between prices of energyproducts and pollution content of export as well as the PollutionTerms of Trade (PTOT) in India. However the pollution contentof domestic consumption has a marginally stronger positive effectthan the negative effect on export. This indicates that, for instancewhen prices of energy products rise in India either due to removalof fuel subsidy or rise in international crude prices, some of the manufacturers who were previously exporting pollution intensivegoods lose their competitiveness in the international market dueto increase in fuel prices and start selling their product to thedomestic market. Thus clearly a rise/fall in prices of energy goodsdoes not significantly contribute to climate change in India
Factors Influencing Investment Decisions of Individual Investors
Get PDFInvestment decisions are based on investor’s psychology than onrational decision making. The study focuses on the factorsinfluencing investment decisions of investors in the Indian capitalmarket, with a sample size of 250 respondents using ANOVA, factoranalysis, and t-test for hypothesis testing. The variable can begrouped in eight summary factors which captured investor’sdecisions. The results point out that the most impelling factors oninvestment decisions of investors are: financial requirements, adviceand recommendations, firm’s image, share price, dividendattraction, macro and micro analysis, higher earning perspectiveand sector performance. The study also found that gender andthe demographic characteristics of investors statistically andsignificantly influence the investment choices of investors