00881nam a22001817a 4500020001800000041001300018082002100031245009500052260004400147300001400191440004200205504001900247520033300266546001300599650003200612650002600644700002900670  a9781349959921  aEnglish.  a305.420954bWOM-  aWomen, political struggles and gender equality in South Asia / cedited by Margaret Alston  aNew York :bPalgrave Macmillan, c2020.  axi, 260p.  aGender, development and social change  aInclude index.  aA brutal gang-rape of a young woman in India in 2012 caused a global outcry against rising brutal violence against women. In response to the young woman's death and the protests that followed, the contributors analyze the position of women in South Asia, the issue of violence, women's political activism and gender inequalities  aEnglish.  aWomen's rightszSouth Asia.  aEqualityzSouth Asia.  aAlston, Margareteeditor