TY - BOOK AU - Siddiqi, Fatima Ehtesham AU - Ranganathan, Sarala TI - Handbook on women and human rights: a guide for social activists: SN - 8173913900 U1 - 323.34 PY - 2010/// CY - New Delhi PB - Kanishka Publishers, KW - Women's rights -- Developing countries. KW - Women's rights -- India. KW - Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions KW - Women -- India -- Social conditions. KW - Women -- Social conditions KW - Women's rights N1 - Includes index; pt. 1. Empowerment and employment : attaining integrated development. Status of women : global and national perspectives ; Offences against women ; Changing role of women in contemporary period ; Advancement of women ; Rights of women in various religions ; Women empowerment ; Women and human rights ; Human rights of women in India ; International standards and laws in India ; Beijing declaration and plan of action -- pt. 2. Crime and punishment : Search for justice. Gender injustice and discrimination ; Violence against women ; Dowry, dowry deaths and divorce ; Human rights and gender-based violence ; Rape and victims of rape ; Women prisoners and their treatment in custody ; Convention on discrimination against women ER -