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State Initiatives for the Empowerment of Women of Rural Communities: Experiences from Eastern India.
Peer reviewedLahiri-Dutt, Kuntala; Samanta, Gopa – Community Development Journal, 2002
Discussions with women in rural areas of India analyzed government-initiated development programs regarding availability of information, suitability to women's needs, and perception of problems. Most programs were top down with little input form women; self-help approaches problematized the "self" and did not consider the realities of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Empowerment, Federal Programs, Females
