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Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Gender, Space and Agency in India: Exploring Regional Genderscapes / Anindita Datta -- Pierre Bourdieu's Symbolic Violence: Scripting Gender among Assamese Middle-Class Women in Higher Education / Rituparna Bhattacharyya -- The Power of Social Spaces in Enabling Girls' Education in India: Perspectives from Indian Origin Students in the US / Patricia M. Kewer and Martha E. Geores -- Interrogating Gender, Property Rights and Witch-Hunting in Jharkhand, India / Bashabi Gupta -- Gender and Agency in Decentralized Political Spaces in Rural West Bengal / Barnali Biswas -- Mahila Panchayats of Delhi: Scripting Agency within Low Income Urban Neighbourhoods / Swagata Basu -- "It is Better to Die than to Live Like This:" Widowhood, Economic Denial and Violence in Rural Punjab / Kanchan Gandhi -- "This is Our Area and That is Theirs:" Scripting The Spatiality of Migrant Masculinity in Goa, India / Ajay Bailey -- Watercentric Roles and Women's Spaces: Narratives from Drought-Prone Villages of Gujarat / Nairwita Bandyopadhyay and Ashis Kumar Saha -- Numbers, Bodies, Love, and Babies: Gender and Territory in Ladakh / Sara Smith -- Reinterpreting Resistance and Agency: Excavating Feminist Counterspaces within Indigenous Feminisms / Anindita Datta -- Index.

Gender disparities in the sphere of health are the direct consequence of gender dis crimination in other spheres of social well-being. Thus, any policy targeting women's health must recognise that women's health outcomes are invariably linked to other aspects of their lives and to their unequal social positions. However, current 'utero centric' policies fail to recognise that women's health, including reproductive health, is inextricably linked to gender inequality. Considering women's health in isolation leads to an improper understanding of the issue, and, therefore to clumsy and in effective policy planning. This paper recommends a comprehensive women's health policy based on a life-cycle approach to significantly improve the health status of girls and women.

"This book marks the 30th anniversary of the International Geographical Union Commission on Gender and Geography by honouring the contributions of Janice Monk to the field of feminist geography. Part of the International Studies of Women and Place series co-edited by Janice Monk and Janet Momsen, this volume represents key areas of Monk's extensive work within feminist geography. The collaborative nature of this collection by over 45 leading international scholars reflects the networks and themes Monk nurtured throughout her long and impactful career. The chapters provide critical insights to wide-ranging topics that include the development of feminist geography in different global contexts, gendered geographies of work and everyday life, and gender and environmental concerns. Diverse voices and perspectives in this book will serve as invaluable resources for scholars interested in gender and feminist geographies, the history of the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography, career trajectories of women geographers in different parts of the world, gendered geographies of the life course, as well as feminist analyses of environmental issues. The book will be useful to students, educators, and activists in gender studies, development studies, and human geography"--

"This book marks the 30th anniversary of the International Geographical Union Commission on Gender and Geography by honouring the contributions of Janice Monk to the field of feminist geography. Part of the International Studies of Women and Place series co-edited by Janice Monk and Janet Momsen, this volume represents key areas of Monk's extensive work within feminist geography. The collaborative nature of this collection by over 45 leading international scholars reflects the networks and themes Monk nurtured throughout her long and impactful career. The chapters provide critical insights to wide-ranging topics that include the development of feminist geography in different global contexts, gendered geographies of work and everyday life, and gender and environmental concerns. Diverse voices and perspectives in this book will serve as invaluable resources for scholars interested in gender and feminist geographies, the history of the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography, career trajectories of women geographers in different parts of the world, gendered geographies of the life course, as well as feminist analyses of environmental issues. The book will be useful to students, educators, and activists in gender studies, development studies, and human geography"--

India's ageing population is growing rapidly; over 60s constitute 7 per cent of the total population and this is projected to triple in the next four decades. Drawing on a wide range of studies, this book examines living arrangements across India and their impact on the care and wellbeing of older people. Addressing access to welfare initiatives and changing cultural norms including co-residence, family care and migration, it reveals the diversity of living arrangements, cultural customs and the welfare issues facing older adults in India. This book offers a crucial examination for practitioners, researchers and policymakers seeking to understand and develop the infrastructure required to meet the needs of older people in India