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Institutional Structure and Women Empowerment

Institutional Structure and Women Empowerment The study is based on primary data collected from dairy farming households in Punjab, India. An effort is made to examine the women’s access to resources and control over produce and earnings, particularly in the context of certain institutional innovations introduced by the District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited (DCS). The study brings out that institutional innovations have some positive impact. Nevertheless, women DCS has not brought any major change in the established hierarchy. To increase women’s access and control, affirmative action is required in a number of areas. It includes- financial incentive schemes like credit, more effective women membership of DCS by increasing their control, increased representation of women in administrative and field staff. Finally gender sensitisation of both male and female staff is very important in achieving desired results. 1.0 Introduction Inequality between sexes, especially in developing countries, is institutionalised. These inequalities are expressed in the form of gender division of labour, and differing access to resources which restricts women power and mobility, vis-a-vis men. In fact, much remains to be done to bridge the wide gap in power, wealth and opportunity that exists between men and women. It is argued (MHHDC 2000: 135) that those societies, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development SAGE

Institutional Structure and Women Empowerment

Kaur, Rupinder
Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development , Volume 20 (2): 22 – Dec 1, 2010
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The study is based on primary data collected from dairy farming households in Punjab, India. An effort is made to examine the women’s access to resources and control over produce and earnings, particularly in the context of certain institutional innovations introduced by the District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited (DCS). The study brings out that institutional innovations have some positive impact. Nevertheless, women DCS has not brought any major change in the established hierarchy. To increase women’s access and control, affirmative action is required in a number of areas. It includes- financial incentive schemes like credit, more effective women membership of DCS by increasing their control, increased representation of women in administrative and field staff. Finally gender sensitisation of both male and female staff is very important in achieving desired results. 1.0 Introduction Inequality between sexes, especially in developing countries, is institutionalised. These inequalities are expressed in the form of gender division of labour, and differing access to resources which restricts women power and mobility, vis-a-vis men. In fact, much remains to be done to bridge the wide gap in power, wealth and opportunity that exists between men and women. It is argued (MHHDC 2000: 135) that those societies,

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