scholarly journals Elusive empowerment: characteristics of indirectly elected women chairpersons of district councils in Uttar Pradesh, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-19
Author(s):  
Preety Choudhari ◽  
Trisha Roy ◽  
Khushboo Verma ◽  
Reena Bharti ◽  
Sonia Verma
Keyword(s):  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Empowerment ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
The Status ◽  
Ruling Elites ◽  
Electoral Reforms ◽  
Panchayati Raj ◽  
Status Of Women

The 73rd Amendment to the Constitution of India was introduced with a stated legislative intent of reserving not less than a third of seats for women in institutions of local self-government, the three-tier panchayati raj institutions. That amendment is considered a milestone in India’s project of empowerment of women. This paper evaluates the power and prestige of the post of an adhyaksha (chairperson) of a zila (district) panchayat (council) in general, and in particular the status of women elected to the post during 2016 in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). Analysing the candidature, electoral success, electoral practices and subsequent functioning of zila panchayat adhyakshas (ZPAs), the authors argue that despite seats being reserved for women, no meaningful political empowerment of women has occurred in UP. The paper questions the efficacy of the indirect mode of election of ZPAs in bringing about empowerment of women, arguing that indirect elections enable powerful ruling elites to use women as proxies, subverting the legislative intent of the 73rd Amendment. The paper therefore proposes electoral reforms.

On the Development of Islamic Jurisprudence

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Murad Wilfried Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Current State ◽  
Islamic Jurisprudence ◽  
The Status ◽  
Sensitive Issues ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Islam And Democracy

This article examines the state of Islamic jurisprudence with regard to many sensitive issues, such as the status of women and minorities in Islam, Islam and Democracy, hudud punishments. The author explores the current state of Islamic discourse on jurisprudence and identifies three approaches-traditional, secular and reformist. The paper explores the positions of the traditional ulama and the reformist muj­tahids on the mentioned topics and finds the reformist position more sensible and closer to the position of ihe Qur'an and Sunnah. This paper while advocating neo-ijtihad, makes an impressive case for the merit???? and Islamic credibility of the reformist jurisprudence.

Participation of Women in Panchayati Raj: A Historical Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
T Sudalai Moni
Keyword(s):  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Status ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Panchayati Raj ◽  
Women In India ◽  
Status Of Women

Panchayati Raj plays a formidable role in enhancing the status of women in India during post-Independent times. In the colonial regime, women were not given adequate opportunity to involve and participate in the affairs of local bodies. However, in the 19th century, women gradually participated in the Panchayati Raj bodies when they were formally included in the electoral roll. During post-independent Era, due to the implementation of the Ashok Mehta Committee (1978) recommendation, National Perspective Plan, and 30 percent reservations seats for women in panchayats, there has been a substantial increase in women’s participation at all the levels of the Panchayati Raj bodies. Subsequently, the 72nd Amendment Bill and the 73rd amendment introduced in our parliament recommended 33 percent quotas for women. Encouraged by this, women have come forward in an ever-increasing number to join hands with the activities of Panchayat Raj Institution.Consequently, Central and State Governments encouraged women by implementing the 73rd constitutional amendment in 1993 (adding Article 243D and 243T), which also extended the privilege of seat reservation for SC/ST women in the local bodies. Due to this positive impetus, there has been a perceptible improvement in women’s participation in the last two decades. Due to unrestrained encouragement, the participation of women in Panchayati Raj is highly effective; thus, across India, more than 26 lakhs of women representatives got elected in PRI. This paper attempts to delineate the gradual growth of women’s participation in the Panchayati Raj Institution in various states in India.

Empowering SHGs Women through Micro-finance in Uttar Pradesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 591-606
Author(s):  
Shalini Aggarwal ◽  
Praveen Kumar ◽  
Vikas Garg
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
The State ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Empowerment ◽  
Self Help Groups

Purpose This paper aims to explore the factors for self-help groups (SHGs) women empowerment in the state of Uttar Pradesh using the primary data. Design/methodology/approach The primary data have been collected by a household survey in the four districts of Uttar Pradesh. Factor analysis is used to estimate the odd of improving women empowerment after participating in SHG. Findings Factor analysis extracted four factors which were economic development, improvement in family matters, decision to use public amenities and political empowerment. Also, analysis of variance and t-test was used employing SPSS. The results, therefore, show that education has a significant impact on all the aspects of SHGs people. Practical implications The findings of the study can help policymakers to adopt appropriate policies that integrate empowerment in development projects with women. Social implications The results of this research could encourage more women to participate in SHG activities and development projects. Originality/value This research provides the most updated data from a primary survey in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Political Legitimacy in Middle Africa: Father, Family, Food. By Michael G. Schatzberg. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2001. 292p. $49.95 cloth, $22.95 paper.

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 866-867
Author(s):  
Robert Fatton
Keyword(s):  
Political Legitimacy ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Indiana University ◽  
The Third ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Status ◽  
The One ◽  
Status Of Women

Political Legitimacy in Middle Africa is an insightful, refreshing, and original book that refines and expands our understanding of the so-called “politics of the belly.” A phrase made famous by Jean Francois Bayart (The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly, 1993), the politics of the belly is the phenomenon of “eating” the fruits of power. The extent to which officeholders monopolize or share these fruits with the larger community has, however, significant consequences for their legitimacy. As Michael Schatzberg suggests, a “moral matrix of legitimate governance” (p. 35) embedded in familial and paternal metaphors shapes these belly politics. In turn, he argues that the moral matrix is rooted in four major premises. The first and second are related to the image of the ruler as a “fatherchief,” who has the obligation, on the one hand, to nurture and nourish his “family,” and on the other hand, to punish his “children” when necessary and pardon them when they truly repent. The third premise concerns the status of women in society; while they are not considered equal to men, rulers should, nonetheless, respect their role as “counselors and advisers.” The fourth premise “holds that permanent power is illegitimate and that political fathers…have to let their children grow up, mature, take on ever-increasing responsibilities in the conduct of their own affairs, and eventually succeed them in power” (p. 192).

scholarly journals Pro-women Laws and Government Masquerading: A Description of Pre-independence and Post-independence Women Legislative Framework in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-401
Author(s):  
Beenish Ijaz Butt ◽  
Uzma Ashiq ◽  
Nargis Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Gender Disparity ◽  
The State ◽  
Historical Account ◽  
The Status ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Frame Work ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
Welfare Measures ◽  
Status Of Women

This paper presents the historical account of women welfare laws in Pakistan in the light of political-historical events. This article is based on conventional content analysis focusing the women welfare in Pakistan under the different governments. The purpose of this research is to describe the original situations behind the pro-women laws in Pakistan. Present study is comprised of two sections; section-I deals with the pre-independence women legislative frame work while section-II covers with the post-independence women legislative frame work in Pakistan from 1947 to 2010. Under the new born state, first effort was made by promulgating MFLO, 1961 by the state but it could not uplift the status of women in the country. Even women could not get welfare under the banner of “Islamization of laws” in 1979. Again, a state effort was made by promulgating laws under “Women Protection Bill” but despite this promulgation of a number of laws in the present century, much remains to be done for such oppressed group. They are still in social malaise and face poverty, discrimination, violence, and disparity on different grounds. Observing from the historical account, discriminatory welfare measures deny women constitutionally guaranteed parity and protections. Hence; seems to be suppressing women status through anti-welfare steps in Pakistan. Pakistan should repeal all such laws, including the discriminatory legislation, to end the state-certified gender disparity that has destabilized women’s welfare and self-assurance and has promoted violence and intolerance in the country.

Status of Women in the Lower Don Farms in the 1960-Mid-1980s

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-62
Author(s):  
Natalia N. Kravchenko
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
The State ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Of Women

The article examines the status of women in the farm and villages of the Lower Don during the blossoming of the Soviet Union in the 1960-mid-1980s. This region is the historical place of inhabitancy of the Don Cossacks. This study considers the part of the adult female working-age population. The role and status of the Cos-sack woman in retrospect, as well as the specifics of her position due to the historical development of the Cossacks are shown. It is noted that the Cossack family was the patriarchal type. The article analyzes the change in the position and attitude to the female population in the Soviet period. Henceforth, the way of life of women was a new set of roles and functions prescribed by the state and society in accordance with the Communist ideology. The importance of women's involvement in the production sector and their participation in public and state activities is identified. Nevertheless, after examining the daily life of the farm female population of the Lower Don, it was found that the prescribed expectations were not supported by the state and party authorities of the district and the region. Attention is drawn to women's commitment to traditional forms of activity and their non-participation in socialist construction and social activities. It describes everyday practices in the daily routine and household, in which a large share was occupied by manual work. The article shows the role of women in the family, their functions for raising children and participation in providing the family budget, due to fishery. Women also take on an important role in preserving and transfer of traditional culture. All this, in many ways, contributed to the preservation of the traditional way of life, at least until the mid-1980s, despite the rooting in this period of time, a different way of life that corresponded to the system of social ideas of the Soviet state.

scholarly journals Impact of Students Enrolled in Higher Education vis-à-vis Usage of e-PG Pathshala Resources: An Exploratory Study on Select Universities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhajit Panda
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
The State ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
The Status ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Awareness Programme

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to analyse the state-wise impact of uses of e-PG Pathshala by the students enrolled in higher education in India.The study examines the status of acceptance of e-PG Pathshala as an e-learning platform to among the students of higher education in different Indian states.Methodology: The total visitors of e-PG Pathshala were collected manually from the official website of e-PG Pathshala, list of total number of Universities were collected from official website of UGC and the data of total enrolment of higher education was collected from AISHE final report 2018-19.Analysis: Data analysis was done using spreadsheet software for enhanced visualization and to understand the arrangement and correlation between different variables of the data set.Result: The study result shows that, maximum number of e-PG visitors, universities and enrolled students in higher education belongs to the state Uttar Pradesh. The statistical findings also indicate a significant and positive correlation between the variables.Implications: The results of the study gave a clear picture of the acceptance of e-PG Pathshala among the students of different Indian states. And based on the value improvement and awareness programme can be done to those states where the number of e-PG visitors is very low.Originality: No previous study could be identified dealing with the finding of the study.

scholarly journals EKSISTENSI WANITA DALAM MANAWA DHARMASASTRA (Perspektif Teologi Gender)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Ni Luh Gde Fitri Pramitasari
Keyword(s):  
Religious Life ◽  
Problem Formulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Equal Footing ◽  
Engineering Studies ◽  
The Status ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Present Life ◽  
Status Of Women

<p>Manawa Dharmasastra is one of the books that belong smrti or veda smṛti, namely the interpretation of the text books of revelation (veda sruti). Over all Manawa Dharmasastra is a book that discuss the laws that govern the behavior of religious life, society and the state. The regulations that are in it are still very relevant to be used as a guideline in this present life, especially regarding the laws governing the existence of a woman.</p><p>In connection with the above description, the issues discussed in this study were (1) What is the status of women in Manawa Dharmasastra? (2) How does the role of women in Manawa Dharmasastra? (3) What is the meaning contained in the existence of women in Manawa Dharmasastra? The theory used in this research is the theory of structuralism A.Teeuw. Structuralism theory is used to inspect a work of literature as a whole round and intact. Gender equilibrium theory, this theory is used to dissect the problem formulation status and role of women. According to this theory of women and men have equal footing or balance. This study also used as a hermeneutical theory supporting theory in interpreting the text of Manawa Dharmasastra, which is used to dissect the question of the meaning of existence of women. This study is a qualitative which in collecting the data, researchers used a technique literature studies, engineering studies and documents batat (reading and recording).</p><p>The results of this study is the position of women in Manawa Dharmasastra  is aligned with men, in theology Hindu Saguna Brahma it is called ardhanareswari, a woman in the Manawa Dharmasastra must be respected, women in Hindu law is said to be Pṛthivī. The role of women in Manawa Dharmasastra is as a wife and as a mother. And there are three main meanings in the existence of women in Hindu law, namely (1) Meaning Equality, (2) The meaning of harmony, (3) Meaning of Allegiance.</p>

scholarly journals Women's Rights in Pakistan

sjesr ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Muhammad Aqeel Khan ◽  
Muhammad Zubair
Keyword(s):  
Women's Rights ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
The State ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Women In Islam ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Of Women

The critically discusses the women’s rights in Pakistan. For this purpose, it explores the Patriarchal nature of the society and the historical background of women’s rights in Pakistan. Before it does so, the paper also throws light on the status of women in Islam and enumerates the important rights the woman holds in Islamic law because of Islam’s great influence in the state of Pakistan.

scholarly journals STATUS OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN HILLY RURAL AREAS OF UTTARAKHAND: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PAURI, CHAMOLI AND RUDRAPRAYAG DISTRICT

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prashant Kandari
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
The State ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Area Deprivation ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Financial Exclusion ◽  
The Status

Hill Rural regions of Uttarakhand are inherent part of the state and were the prominent reason on the basis of which Uttarakhand state was carved out of Uttar Pradesh. Unfortunately the underdevelopment of these regions due to the aspect of ‘Area Deprivation’ associated with them has led to emergence of prominent problems like unemployment, lack of income generating opportunities and poverty leading further to a major problem of rural outmigration from them. To raise the economic condition of households of these regions it is important to enhance the income generating opportunities and to provide financial services which could cover up the majority of population with the social security net. The major way out to achieve them is through increase in financial inclusion. The present study through help of primary data examines the level of financial inclusion in the hill rural regions of Uttarakhand for which FII is computed on the basis of 4 dimensions of financial inclusion. The FII of the rural regions of development blocks of hill districts is compared with the FII of the all Indian rural households to examine the status of financial exclusion in hill rural regions of the state.

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