Family law as a means of ensuring gender justice for Indian women

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-229

  Parashar, Archana ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY POLICY; FEMINISM; FEMINISM--LEGAL ASPECTS; GENDER ISSUES--LEGAL ASPECTS; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; LAW; LEGISLATION--CHANGES; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE--LEGAL ASPECTS; NUPTIALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN ASIA; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN'S STATUS--LEGAL ASPECTS;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY POLICY; FEMINISM--LEGAL ASPECTS; GENDER ISSUES--LEGAL ASPECTS; INDIA; LEGISLATION--CHANGES; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARRIAGE--LEGAL ASPECTS; NUPTIALITY; OCEANIA; POLICY; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHERN ASIA; WOMEN'S STATUS--LEGAL ASPECTS;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FEMINISM; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEGISLATION; MARRIAGE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0031173645     PISSN: 09715215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097152159700400204     Document Type: Note

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