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Gender, Tribe and Community Control of Natural Resources in North-east India

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  • Sumi Krishna

    (No. 103, Farah Court, 185 Defence Colony 5th Main, Indira Nagar, Bangalore 560 038)

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Following public debate on the dissonance between tribal traditions of self-governance and modern formal institutions in December 1996, Parliament extended the Panchayat Act to the areas covered by Schedule V of the Constitution. In many parts of India this has facilitated tribal women's legal right to participate in NRM. This paper describes the particular situation in north-eastern India, which is a region of great biogeographic and strategic significance. In the north-east existing customary practices (backed by special Constitutional arrangements or the provisions of Schedule VI) continue to deny tribal women ownership and significant control over local resources. With particular reference to Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, the paper argues for a reappraisal by tribal women and men of the sharply gender-biased customary practices and constitutional provisions in order to draw out women's power and strengthen their capacity to shape local resource management.

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  • Sumi Krishna, 2001. "Gender, Tribe and Community Control of Natural Resources in North-east India," Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Centre for Women's Development Studies, vol. 8(2), pages 307-321, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indgen:v:8:y:2001:i:2:p:307-321
    DOI: 10.1177/097152150100800210
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