Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 255 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
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SAGE Law
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SAGE law.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Main findings -- General information about the surveyees -- Work status and earning capacity -- Family status and lifestyle -- Spousal and child support and the dowry system -- Social status, mobility, skills and decision making -- Findings from different cities -- Conclusion and recommendations. |
Summary |
Separated and Divorced Women in India examines the economic rights and entitlements of separated/deserted women in law and practice in India, and explores all the laws and policies relating to financial support for a wife or child that come into play once a separation or divorce has taken place. Based on a survey of more than 400 women in four different regions across the country, this seminal work lays bare the miserable financial conditions of separated/deserted women and the lengthy procedural obstacles that these women have to contend with to get any justice. It interr. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Divorced women -- India -- Economic conditions.
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Divorced women. |
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India. |
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Economic conditions. |
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Separated women -- India -- Economic conditions.
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Separated women. |
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Separate maintenance -- India.
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Separate maintenance. |
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Divorced women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India.
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Divorced women -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Singh, Kirti. Separated and divorced women in India 9788132109525 (DLC) 2012046755 (OCoLC)820349491 |
ISBN |
9788132116295 (electronic book) |
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8132116291 (electronic book) |
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9788132109525 |
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813210952X |
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