Understanding shakti Obeng, Pashington creator author. text UK Palgrave macmillan 2014 monographic Eng lis h xiii, 186p. This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia. Pashington Obeng Include bibliography and index. English. Rural women Social conditions South Asia Rural women Government policy South Asia Women in rural development South Asia Social structure South Asia South Asia Rural conditions 305.420954 OBE-R 9781349960101