Separated and Divorced Women in India This page intentionally left blank Separated and Divorced Women in India Economic Rights and Entitlements Kirti Singh International Development Research Centre Ottawa • Cairo • Montevideo • Nairobi • New Delhi Copyright © International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Jointly published in 2013 by SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd International Development B1/I-1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area Research Centre Mathura Road, New Delhi 110 044, India P.O. Box 8500 www.sagepub.in Ottawa, ON Canada K1G 3H9 SAGE Publications Inc www.idrc.ca 2455 Teller Road
[email protected] Thousand Oaks, California 91320, USA ISBN (e-book) 978-1-55250-551-9 SAGE Publications Ltd 1 Oliver’s Yard, 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP, United Kingdom SAGE Publications Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd 33 Pekin Street #02-01 Far East Square Singapore 048763 Published by Vivek Mehra for SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, typeset in 10/12pt Adobe Garamond by RECTO Graphics, Delhi and printed at De-Unique, New Delhi. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Singh, Kirti. Separated and divorced women in India: economic rights and entitlements/Kirti Singh. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Divorced women—India—Economic conditions. 2. Separated women— India—Economic conditions. 3. Separated maintenance—India. 4. Divorced women—Legal status, laws, etc.—India. I. Title. HQ928.S56 306.89'30954—dc23 2013 2012046755 ISBN: 978-81-321-0952-5 (HB) The SAGE Team: Rudra Narayan, Aniruddha De, Anju Saxena and Rajinder Kaur To my parents, Vir Bala Singh and Mahendra Pratap Singh.