Wives, Husbands and Sharing of Household Works in Indian Villages
<p>There is a general belief that nowadays men share household works and there is a change from the tradition. The main objective of the paper is to analyse whether husbands shares the household works in rural areas and the study was conducted with 450 respondents in 26 villages in India. The...
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| description | <p>There is a general belief that nowadays men share household works and there is a change from the tradition. The main objective of the paper is to analyse whether husbands shares the household works in rural areas and the study was conducted with 450 respondents in 26 villages in India. The study reports that the findings are not encouraging as projected or anticipated and suggests NGOs NGOs and SHGs should take role in sensitising men to assist in the household works since sharing of household works by men is considered as an indicator of women empowerment.</p> <p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong>: Households-sharing; SHGs; NGOs; HDI; GDI</p> <p>DOI: 10.3126/dsaj.v4i0.4521</p> <p><em>Dhaulagiri</em><em> Journal of Sociology and Anthropology </em>Vol.4 2010 pp.211-222</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6dd9f3fc8cab4497af6721e3e924f0902022-12-21T19:04:23ZengTribhuvan UniversityDhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology1994-26641994-26722011-04-014021122210.3126/dsaj.v4i0.45213736Wives, Husbands and Sharing of Household Works in Indian VillagesK RajendranRP Raya<p>There is a general belief that nowadays men share household works and there is a change from the tradition. The main objective of the paper is to analyse whether husbands shares the household works in rural areas and the study was conducted with 450 respondents in 26 villages in India. The study reports that the findings are not encouraging as projected or anticipated and suggests NGOs NGOs and SHGs should take role in sensitising men to assist in the household works since sharing of household works by men is considered as an indicator of women empowerment.</p> <p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong>: Households-sharing; SHGs; NGOs; HDI; GDI</p> <p>DOI: 10.3126/dsaj.v4i0.4521</p> <p><em>Dhaulagiri</em><em> Journal of Sociology and Anthropology </em>Vol.4 2010 pp.211-222</p>http://nepjol.info/index.php/DSAJ/article/view/4521Households-sharingSHGsNGOsHDIGDI |
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| title | Wives, Husbands and Sharing of Household Works in Indian Villages |
| title_full | Wives, Husbands and Sharing of Household Works in Indian Villages |
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| title_short | Wives, Husbands and Sharing of Household Works in Indian Villages |
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| topic | Households-sharing SHGs NGOs HDI GDI |
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