Gendered Marginalities

This book offers a comprehensive view of global gender dynamics. The volume constructs gender as a nuanced reality that exists at every level of social interaction and creates social and institutional hierarchies. It explores the deep-seated prejudices, and stereotypes that shape gendered discourse. It brings together experiences and narratives from different domains and countries to comprehend broader social, economic, ritual and political forces that contribute to the perseverance of dated normative constructs and consequent gender marginalization. It explores how gendered gaze runs through literature, arts, corporates, governments, organizational management, gender pay gap, health care and health management, environment and climate change and ritual spaces. It scrutinizes eroding legitimacy of traditional women friendly institutions like matriliny and declining relevance of open prisons for women. The book also elucidates marginalization of women in mental health institutions and old age homes. It brings together diverse perspectives and experiences to map the global challenges and explore interventions like gender budgeting and policy changes. It examines intervention strategies undertaken by local voluntary organizations to mainstream third gender and marginalized sections of women. Contributors to the volume are eminent academics, administrators and activists from South Africa, Australia and India with decades of experience and contributions to gender issues. Foreword to the volume is written by eminent Gender Expert Prof. Carol Kulik, Bradely distinguished professor, University of South Australia.
This book has a rich repository of global data, empirical narratives, theoretical inputs and analytical insights that provide exhaustive resource for students, researchers, policy developers, educationists, activists, professionals, and practitioners of gender studies, public policy and governance. Given the quantum of data, it serves as an important textbook not only for gender studies but also for CSR activities of various corporates and global welfare organizations. This book can also serve as a guiding light for C suites across industries as they evolve beyond tick in the box “gender balance” initiatives.

Shalina Mehta is a renowned Social and Cultural anthropologist from India and author of nine books and more than 85 scholarly papers. She is a recipient of the prestigious R.P. Chanda centenary medal for the year 2021 for significant contributions to Anthropology, awarded by the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, and Distinguished Alumnus Award of Panjab University Alumni Association, Chandigarh. She served as professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Panjab University, Chandigarh for 39 years and was chair of the department from 1993-1996. Among many of her international assignments are position of Research Associate, Environmental Institute, Clear Lake Houston; Fellow at IIAS, Amsterdam; Senior Fellow–SSRC, New York; Expert guest professor in Gender studies at University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa. She was senior vice-president of WAC-23 held at KISS in August 2023, Bhuvneshwar and has held several prestigious national positions as visiting professor and nominated member of Board of studies and governing bodies of reputed academic institutions. Her research interests include gender studies, ethnicity, political anthropology, education, health and environment, to name a few and has published regularly on these subjects in reputed international and national journals.
Dr Manjit Monga is an academic at UniSA Business, University of South Australia. Her research interests are in management ethics, cultural diversity management, inclusive management and social enterprises. She has published in high-ranking journals including Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of HRM, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Event Management Journal and is recipient of research excellence awards. She was recently appointed as the Acting Chair, Negligibel Risk Ethics Committtee, UniSA Business, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
Dr Harinder M Sandhu is Associate Professor and Head of Department of Psychology at Mata Sundri College, University of Delhi. Her teaching and research has focused on Organizational Behavior, Research Methods, and Culture and Psychology. She has been Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County, and Visiting Faculty at University of Fraser Valley, British Columbia.