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