Syllabus

Course Code: WS(C) 09    Course Name: Women in Contemporary Indian Society

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals and Women, Human Development Report, Human Development Index, Gender Gap Index, Female Infanticide, Female Foeticide, Declining Sex Ratio, Status of Women in Haryana, Comparison with other Countries and States of India
2 Issues of Girl Child in Society: Child Marriage, Motherhood, Dowry and Dowry Death, Property Rights, Emerging Concept of Marriage and Career, Divorce, Child Labour, Widowhood, Issues of Elderly Women
3 Crime against Women: Rape and Sexual Assault, Kidnapping and Abduction, Cyber Crime, Domestic Violence, Trafficking of Girls and Women, Devadasi and Prostitution, Enforcing Cultural Codes: Caste Panchayats, Choice Marriage and Honour Killings, Women Prisoners and Juvenile Girls
4 Marginalized and Deprived Groups, Women in Difficult Circumstances: Migrant Women, Women in Armed Conflict, Natural Disaster and Women, Women and Epidemics, Women and Disability, Communalism and Women, Women in Folklores and Performing Arts
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