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Author Singh, Kirti

Title Separated and divorced women in India : economic rights and entitlements / Kirti Singh
Published Los Angeles ; New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 255 pages) : illustrations
Series SAGE Law
SAGE law.
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Divorced women -- India -- Economic conditions
Separated women -- India -- Economic conditions
Separate maintenance -- India
Divorced women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Divorced women
Divorced women -- Economic conditions
Separate maintenance
Geschiedene Frau
Getrenntlebende Frau
Soziale Situation
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Rechtsstellung
India
Indien
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9788132116295
8132116291