Gendered Transformative Initiatives in South Asia

This volume discusses gendered transformative initiatives in South Asian feminism, discussing gender norms, labour and market participation by women, along with family planning, reproductive rights and initiatives for the social and financial empowerment of women in South Asia.

Reema Bhatia is a researcher and Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology at Miranda House, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

Introduction 1 Exploring Women's Agency under Male Breadwinner Norms in Keti Bandar 2 Advancing Gender Equity for Women in Science in Higher Academia and Research 3 Gender Norms and Labour Market Contribution of Women in Bangladesh 4 Perils of war and peace: An analysis on asset-based economic outcomes of lone mothers of Eastern Sri Lanka 5 Unravelling the 'Uteropolitic': Problematizing the Global Family Planning Apparatus through a Post-Colonial Feminist Lens from Pakistan 6 From Singular to Intersectional: The Subject of the Queer Movements in India 7 Door to Door: A Study of the Single Woman's Search for Housing in the City 8 Pashto Tappa: Women's Voice in Conflict Induced Migration 9 Martyr as Witness: Palestinian Women's Writing on the Nakba Index