TY - BOOK AU - Alston,M. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality in South Asia T2 - Gender, Development and Social Change, SN - 9781137390578 AV - GN625-635 U1 - 306.095 23 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Palgrave Macmillan UK, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan KW - Ethnology—Asia KW - Economic development KW - Social change KW - Sociology KW - Political science KW - Political communication KW - Asian Culture KW - Development and Social Change KW - Gender Studies KW - Political Science KW - Political Communication KW - Sociology, general N2 - A brutal gang-rape of a young woman in India in 2012 caused a global outcry against rising brutal violence against women. In response to the young woman's death and the protests that followed, the contributors analyze the position of women in South Asia, the issue of violence, women's political activism and gender inequalities UR - https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137390578 ER -