Understanding Interstitiyal Spaces to Address Gender Resource Gaps
SAFP and Equal Saree
Understanding Interstitial Spaces to fill gender resource gaps
By Shivani Bharwaj, PhD Scholor Delhi University, email : safp.sb@gmail.com.
For Karvan I Fiqr 3/14/2013
Table of content Abstract __________________________________________________________________ 3 Introduction _______________________________________________________________ 3 Quantifying Gender Gaps ___________________________________________________ 4 Gender Resource Gaps: Multiple Forms and Manifold Levels _____________________ 5
Gender resource gaps: Multiple forms ______________________________________________________ 5 Gender resource gaps: Manifold levels ______________________________________________________ 7
Gender resource gaps: Locating quantum and interventions ______________________ 9 Conclusion & Way Forward _________________________________________________ 9
Gender resource gaps exist in multiple forms and are interrelated at manifold levels _________________ 9 Relation between gender resource gaps and spaces __________________________________________ 10 Relation between gender resource gaps and services _________________________________________ 10
The Solution : Inclusive Development Zone ____________________________________ 10 Gender resource gaps at different levels can be addressed by planning _____________ 11 The macro plan link for way ahead___________________________________________ 12
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Understanding Interstitial Spaces to fill gender resource gaps
Phd scholar Ms Shivani Bhardwaj, Dept of Social Work, University of Delhi.
Abstract :
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omen in Okhla unlike men are more excluded from an official planning process because their worth is invisible. The research finding shows that women access 31% less space and avail 3% less services in Okhla resulting in their lesser worth at
the familial and the governance level. Married men have 130% more income. A 14% asset gap shows that women can control fewer assets as they inherit
Understanding Interstitial Spaces to fill gender resource gaps
By Shivani Bharwaj, PhD Scholor Delhi University, email : safp.sb@gmail.com.
For Karvan I Fiqr 3/14/2013
Table of content Abstract __________________________________________________________________ 3 Introduction _______________________________________________________________ 3 Quantifying Gender Gaps ___________________________________________________ 4 Gender Resource Gaps: Multiple Forms and Manifold Levels _____________________ 5
Gender resource gaps: Multiple forms ______________________________________________________ 5 Gender resource gaps: Manifold levels ______________________________________________________ 7
Gender resource gaps: Locating quantum and interventions ______________________ 9 Conclusion & Way Forward _________________________________________________ 9
Gender resource gaps exist in multiple forms and are interrelated at manifold levels _________________ 9 Relation between gender resource gaps and spaces __________________________________________ 10 Relation between gender resource gaps and services _________________________________________ 10
The Solution : Inclusive Development Zone ____________________________________ 10 Gender resource gaps at different levels can be addressed by planning _____________ 11 The macro plan link for way ahead___________________________________________ 12
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Understanding Interstitial Spaces to fill gender resource gaps
Phd scholar Ms Shivani Bhardwaj, Dept of Social Work, University of Delhi.
Abstract :
W
omen in Okhla unlike men are more excluded from an official planning process because their worth is invisible. The research finding shows that women access 31% less space and avail 3% less services in Okhla resulting in their lesser worth at
the familial and the governance level. Married men have 130% more income. A 14% asset gap shows that women can control fewer assets as they inherit
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