NEW BOOK
PUBLISHED
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF TRIBAL
WOMEN: CHANGES AND CHALLENGES
By : Rekha Talmaki
Published by : The Women Press,
Delhi
Pages : 23 + 222
Price : INR 895/-
About the Book:
Rekha Talmaki has made a serious and
commendable effort at conducting survey based research on socio-economic status
of tribal women in Valod (South Gujarat) where committed Gandhian workers have
dedicated more than 5 decades of their lives in village development activities
based on Gandhian principles. Her personal field visits have played crucial
role in bringing new insights and analysis with gender lens. She has examined
tribal women’s predicaments in the context of status of women in India in
general where main factors in determining socio-economic status have been
income, education and occupation. She has provided an exhaustive literature
review focusing on occupational life, health profile of tribal women and tribal
women’s status in the family decision making. She has also evaluated the
situation to find out to what extent Gandhian ideology of Antyodaya is
implemented vis-a-vis tribal women, who are the poorest of the poor in the
economic ladder and at the bottom of the pyramid.
