Empowering Marginalised Women in Remote Indian Villages

Udoy Saikia is a Professor at the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.Jim Chalmers is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) at the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.Dency Michael is the Executive Director of the Kodaikanal Grihini Trust and former Director of the Grihini Programme.Janice Orrell is a Professor Emeritus of Flinders University and Adjunct Full Professor of Higher Education and Assessment in Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.

• 1. Scope of an Investigation in India of Marginalised Women’s Struggle for Equality.2. Rationale for Including Inequality in Women’s Wellbeing Approaches.3. Research Sites, Women, and Concepts Involved in a Study of the Struggle for Equality in Rural India.4. Research Processes Involved in a Wellbeing Inquiry of Rural Women’s Struggle for Equality in India. 5. Outcomes of a Quality-of-Life Study of Marginalised Women’s Struggle for Equality in India. 6. What the Indices Reveal in a Study of Marginalised Women’s Struggle for Equality in India. 7. Prologue of an Investigation of Marginalised Women’s Struggle for Equality in India.

“I fully endorse the underlying assumption of this book that measurement of development (wellbeing) must be multi-dimensional and allot equal value to non-economic and economic aspects of “progress”. The authors posit a fresh critical thesis by arguing that education is a necessary but insufficient indicator of wellbeing, in the absence of empowerment”. Anne Benjamin, Honorary Professor of Australian Catholic University, Honorary Fellow of the University of Western Sydney, Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and Fellow of the Australian Council of Educational Leaders.