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Deserted and Widowed Women’s Struggles for Land and Livelihood: A Case from Maharashtra

In: Land, Labour and Livelihoods

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  • Sneha Bhat

    (Society for Promoting Participative Ecosysem Management (SOPPECOM))

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Denying women their property rights is a common social practice despite existing laws. Women’s dispossession from land is further amplified for deserted and widowed women, who have to struggle for survival in a hostile environment. This extreme form of dispossession, however, also prompts women to act. This chapter focuses on a social movement that supported single women to claim their rights to land and livelihoods. Based on the narratives of the single women of Stree Mukti Sangharsha Chalwal, the chapter examines their dispossession, their struggles, the gains and challenges of the movement, the opportunities available in a changing development scenario and the way forward.

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  • Sneha Bhat, 2016. "Deserted and Widowed Women’s Struggles for Land and Livelihood: A Case from Maharashtra," Gender, Development and Social Change, in: Land, Labour and Livelihoods, pages 73-88, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:gdechp:978-3-319-40865-1_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40865-1_4
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