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Author Singh, Kirti.

Title Separated and divorced women in India : economic rights and entitlements / Kirti Singh.

Publication Info. Los Angeles ; New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 255 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series SAGE Law
SAGE law.
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.
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Subject Divorced women -- India -- Economic conditions.
Divorced women.
India.
Economic conditions.
Separated women -- India -- Economic conditions.
Separated women.
Separate maintenance -- India.
Separate maintenance.
Divorced women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India.
Divorced women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Singh, Kirti. Separated and divorced women in India 9788132109525 (DLC) 2012046755 (OCoLC)820349491
ISBN 9788132116295 (electronic book)
8132116291 (electronic book)
9788132109525
813210952X