Gender, Law and Social Transformation in India

Part I. Gender, Law and Violence against Women.- Chapter 1. Gender, Law and Property Rights in Jammu and Kashmir: From the Lens of Article 370 and Beyond (Abha Chauhan).- Chapter 2. Resisting Violence against Women and Striving for Justice in Manipur (Ajailiu Niumai).- Part II. Law and the Domestic Violence.- Chapter 3. Of Negotiations and Reframing: Law's Response to Domestic Violence in Assam (Sawmya Ray).- Chapter 4. Domestic Violence against Women: Law and Practice in India (Y. Vishnupriya).- Chapter 5. Domestic Violence against Women: A Study in Rural Areas of Jammu District (Saranjit Kaur Sudan).- Part III. Violence against Women and the Girl Child.- Chapter 6. Preventing Child Marriage and Child Trafficking: The Case of West Bengal (Biswajit Ghosh).- Chapter 7. Sexual Violence against Girl Child: A Conspiracy of Social and Legislative Laws (Juhie Mohan).- Part IV. Gender and Forms of Violence: Dowry, Honour Killings and Prostitution.- Chapter 8. Section 498A of Indian Penal Code: A Legal Instrument for Social Change (Uma Devi).- Chapter 9. Beyond the Stories of Elopement: Understanding 'Honour' Crimes in India (Rani Rohini Raman).- Chapter 10. Prostitution, Trafficking and the Law (S. C. Bhandari).- Part V. Health and Education: Social and Legal Aspects.- Chapter 11. From Contraception to Assisted Conception: A History of Women's Movement for Reproductive Health Rights in India (Dipti Tripathi).- Chapter 12. Circumscribed Health: Whacked Body's Struggle for Right ( Nibedita Bayen).- Chapter 13. Gender Disparity and Education of Muslim Girls in India: Societal and Legal Issues (Azra Abidi).- Part VI. Women's Participation and Empowerment: A Need for Legislative Paradigm.- Chapter 14. Gender Assessment of Legislative Paradigm for Participatory Irrigation Management in Tamil Nadu (K. Gulam Dasthagir).- Chapter 15. Empowerment of Women Through Corporate Social Responsibility: A Study in Rourkela, Odisha (Priyanka Singh & Ajailiu Niumai).

Ajailiu Niumai is Professor of Sociology and Head, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion & Inclusive Policy, University of Hyderabad (UoH), Hyderabad, Telangana, India. She is also the Senior Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (2022-2025). She is Member, Board of Governors, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru (2022-2025). She is an Advisory Committee Member, Executive Council Member and Board of Studies Member in several Universities. She is Member, Managing Committee of the Indian Sociological Society. She has been the Convenor of RC-04 Migration and Diaspora Studies, ISS and she is an active Member of the International Sociological Association. Previously, she has served as Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, UoH. She holds a Ph.D from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interests include Gender Studies, Indian Diaspora, North East India Studies, NGOs and Development. The Collaborative Arts and Research Translation for Humane Advancement, USA, awarded her 'First Fellow' grant in 2006 and UGC awarded her the Raman Postdoctoral Fellowship in USA (2013-14). She has published several articles and chapters in edited books, reputed journals such as Economic & Political Weekly, Indian Journal of Gender Studies (Sage), Sociological Bulletin (Sage), The Eastern Anthropologist and the like. She is the Editorial Board Member of several prestigious journals. She is a Life Member of the Indian Sociological Society and the Indian Association for Women's Studies (IAWS). 

Abha Chauhan is Professor, Department of Sociology at the University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir (India). She is also the President of the Indian Sociological Society. She holds a Ph.D. from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Her research interests include gender, community, kinship, marriage, culture, conflict, and borderland studies. She has