Voices of privilege and sacrifice from women volunteers in India : I can change /

Voices of Privilege and Sacrifice from Women Volunteers in India: I Can Change uses data collected from educated, urban, middle and upper-class women at the forefront of women's empowerment movements as volunteers and activists in NGOs in India, who consider themselves sometimes feminist and so...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mitra, Aditi, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
Temas:
Feminism > India.
Women volunteers in social service > India > Kolkata.
Voluntarism > India > Kolkata.
Women > India > Social conditions.
Non-governmental organizations > India.
Féminisme > Inde.
Femmes bénévoles en service social > Inde > Kolkata.
Femmes > Inde > Conditions sociales.
Organisations non gouvernementales > Inde.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Feminism
Non-governmental organizations
Voluntarism
Women > Social conditions
Women volunteers in social service
India > Kolkata
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The role of NGOs as women's spaces in Kolkata
  • Tracing the women's movement in India
  • A visionary partnership: women and NGOs
  • Working with NGOs
  • Domestic obligations
  • Challenges and obstacles
  • Career incentives and motivations
  • Image of NGOs
  • Interpreting and exploring feminism
  • Conclusion.

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