TY - BOOK AU - Alston, Margaret TI - Women, political struggles and gender equality in South Asia / SN - 9781349959921 U1 - 305.420954 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan, KW - Women's rights KW - South Asia KW - Equality N1 - Include index N2 - A 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 ER -