Women in Indian Society

Paper Code: 
WMS 201
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The objectives of this course are-

  1. To learn ways of looking at various spaces in status of Indian women in society transgressing from ancient to modern times.
  2. To become aware about women’s exploitation.
  3. To learn about various legal and constitutional measures related to women.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

 Outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies 

Paper Code

Paper Title

WMS 201

Women in Indian Society

CO 13: Inculcate the knowledge about women’s representation since historical times.   

CO 14: Discuss legal safeguards for women.

CO 15: Classify the constitutional measures beneficial to women.

CO 16: Formulate problems and solutions for women’s exploitation

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Reading assignments

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Women in Society

Women’s representation in Ancient Indian History and Medieval history (Awadh)

9.00
Unit II: 
Women’s Formal and Substantive Equality in The Indian Constitution

Article 14-21

9.00
Unit III: 
Women’s Exploitation and Oppression

Forms and Structures (Introducing Caste and Gender) – Notions of marriage

9.00
Unit IV: 
Women and Work

Organized sector, unorganized sector, self employed and unpaid labour (Ela Bhatt SEWA); Equal wages for equal work, Maternity related laws.

9.00
Unit V: 
Introducing Women related Laws

Child Marriage abolition Act2006, RenukaPamecha Anti Sati 1987, Domestic Violence Act 2005, Sexual Harassment at work placeDec 2013 based on Vishakha Guidelines, Anti Rape2013,Equal wages for equal work: Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

References: 
  • Story of Savitri from Mahabharata, pp 55-65, Chaturvedi Badrinath, Women in Mahabharata, Orient Blackswan, Hyderabad 2011
  • pp.106-124 History, Women’s Studies in India, 2008
  • Chakravarti Uma, Beyond the Altekarian Paradigm: Towards a new Understanding of Gender Relations in Early Indian History
  • Kidwai Saleem, Of Begums and Tawaifs: The Women of Awadh.
  • pp 96-143 Radha Kumar, History of Doing, An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women’s Rights and Feminism in India, 1800-1990, Kali for Women, New Delhi, 1993.
  • pp 452-458, Rege, Sharmila, Writing Caste, Writing Gender: Dalit Women’s Testimonies; 466-475 Dube, Leela, Caste and Women; in WSI, 2008
  • p.2-3 Tripathy, S.N., Women in Informal Sector, Discovery Publishing House, New Delhi, 2003
  • In Mary E John ed. Women’s Studies in India, A Reader, Penguin Books, 2008
  • pp 168-174Krishnaraj, Maitreyi, Women’s Work in Indian Census
  • pp.198-9, John, Mary, Feminism, Poverty and Globalization (about SEWA)
  • Know Your Rights: A Legal Handbook For Women, School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2011
  • Shagufta Parveen, Women and Society, Anmol Publication, Pvt. Ltd. 2007
  • Bhatty, Zarina, ‘Muslim Women in Uttar Pradesh: Social Mobility and Directions of Change’, in Alfred D’souza (ed.), ‘Women in Contemporary India and South Asia’, Manohar Publications, New Delhi 1980 pp 199-212 
  • Dube, Leela & Palriwala, Rajani, (eds), ‘Structures and Strategies: Women, Work and Family’, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1990
  • Chakraborty, Dipangshu; Atrocities on Indian Women, A P H Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 1999
  • Altekar A.S., The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization, 2nd Edition, Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, 1978
  • Desai, Neera, Women in Modern India, Vora, Mumbai 1957
  • Pardeshi, P, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and the Women’s Question in India, Women’s Question, Women’s Studies Centre, Pune, 1998
  • Roy, K. Women in Early Indian Society, Manohar, New Delhi 1999
  • Forbes, Geraldine, Women in Modern India, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996

 

Academic Session: 
2021-22
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