Changing women's status in India : focus on the Northeast /

Breaking the myth: the social status of Meitei women / N. Vijayalakshmi BraraChanging property rights and women's control over livelihood in Nagaland / Christina KekhriesenoChanging women's status with focus on the Northeast: an introduction / Walter Fernandes and Sanjay BarboraChristian marriage and women's issues in Assam / Amrit Kumar GoldsmithDevelopment, displacement and marginalised women / Nafisa Goga D'SouzaEconomic development and women / Jennifer LiangGender and the dominant development paradigm / Ritu DewanKhasi women and the indigenous question / Cerilla KhonglahMatriliny and education among the Garos / Caroline MarakMinority identity and gender concerns / Flavia AgnesModernisation and tribal women's status in Northeast India / Sanjay Barbora and Walter FernandesPersisting structures, ideological manoeuvres, and everyday challenges: reflections on women's movements in South Asia / Uma ChakravartiPolitical mobilisation of women in Nagaland: a sociological background / Dolly KikonProperty and women's inheritance rights in the tribal areas of the North East / Jeuti BarooahSocial change and women / Indranee DuttaThe impact of globalisation on women / Ilina SenWomen's collectives in Assam: a short history of their status and present day realities / Monisha BehalWomen: problems and perspectives / Kumkum Bhattachary