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Current Awareness Bulletin No. 3 March 2013 Current Awareness Bulletin Centre for Women’s Development Studies 25, Bhai Vir Singh Marg (Gole Market), New Delhi-110001, India. Ph.: 011-32226930, 32226931 Fax: 91-23346044 E-mail: cwdslib@vsnl.net | URL: www.cwds.ac.in/library/library.htm 1 CONTENTS Section 1: Journals/ Periodicals/ Newsletters Articles Ageing ................................................................................ 001 Child Abuse ........................................................................ 002-005 Child Labour ...................................................................... 006 Children .............................................................................. 007-014 Disabilities.......................................................................... 015 Education............................................................................ 016-018 Employment ....................................................................... 019-020 Feminism ............................................................................ 021-023 Gender Studies ................................................................... 024-025 Girl Child ........................................................................... 026-027 Health ................................................................................. 028 Laws ................................................................................... 029 Migration ............................................................................ 030-032 Panchayati Raj .................................................................... 033 Personalia ........................................................................... 034-037 Programmes and Policies ................................................... 038 Reproductive Technologies ............................................... 039-040 Scheduled Castes ................................................................ 041-043 Sexuality ............................................................................. 044-047 Widows .............................................................................. 048-051 Women-Ageing .................................................................. 052 -Agriculture .............................................................. 053-056 -Archives .................................................................. 057-062 -Arts ......................................................................... 063-066 2 -Banking................................................................... 067-074 -Budget..................................................................... 075-083 -Conferences ............................................................ 084 -Detention ................................................................ 085 -Disabilities .............................................................. 086-087 -Economic Development ......................................... 088-091 -Education ................................................................ 092-093 -Employment ........................................................... 094-115 -Empowerment ........................................................ 116-119 -Handicrafts ............................................................. 120 -Health ..................................................................... 121-128 -International Day .................................................... 129-149 -Laws ....................................................................... 150-215 -Literature ................................................................ 216-223 -Media ...................................................................... 224, 225 -Migration ................................................................ 226, 227, 228 -Movements ............................................................. 229-242 -Muslims .................................................................. 243-248 -Organisations .......................................................... 249-250 -Peace ....................................................................... 251 -Politics .................................................................... 252-258 -Programmes and Policies ....................................... 259-260 -Science .................................................................... 261 -Sports ...................................................................... 262 -Status ...................................................................... 263 -Tribes and Tribals ................................................... 264-265 -Violence Against .................................................... 266-278 -Devadasis ..................................................... 279 -Dowry ........................................................... 280 -Foeticide ....................................................... 281-284 -Rape.............................................................. 285-340 -Sex Workers ................................................. 341-348 -Sexual Harassment ....................................... 349-367 Women’s Rights ................................................................. 368-370 Women’s Studies ............................................................... 371 3 Section 2: Books/ Mimeo Papers/ Conferences/ Seminars/ Workshops Reports Ageing .................................................................................. 001 Culture .................................................................................. 002 Demography ......................................................................... 003-004 Ethics .................................................................................... 005-006 Feminism .............................................................................. 007 Feminist Theory ................................................................... 008-009 Fiction .................................................................................. 010 Health ................................................................................... 011-012 Marriage ............................................................................... 013 Politics .................................................................................. 014 Women-Bibliographies ........................................................ 015 -Credit ........................................................................ 016 -Detention .................................................................. 017 -Development ............................................................ 018-019 -Employment ............................................................. 020-022 -Environment ............................................................. 023 -Laws ......................................................................... 024-028 -Literature .................................................................. 029 -Muslims .................................................................... 030-031 -Status ........................................................................ 032 -Tribes and Tribals ..................................................... 033 Women’s Studies ................................................................. 034 Annual Reports .................................................................... 035 4 List of Journals/ Newspapers are Indexed in this Issue Asian Age (New Delhi) Atheist (Vijayawada) The Book Review (New Delhi) Deccan Herald (Bangalore) Economic and Political Weekly (Mumbai) Frontier (New Delhi) Frontline (Chennai) Gender, Technology and Development (New Delhi) Hashiye Ki Aawaz (New Delhi) HECATE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation (Queensland, Australia) Hindu (New Delhi) Hindustan Times (New Delhi) Human Touch (New Delhi) IAWS Newsletter (New Delhi) Indian Express (New Delhi) 5 Indian Historical Review (New Delhi) IPE Journal of Management (Hyderabad) Legal News and Views (New Delhi) Mainstream (New Delhi) Man and Society: A Journal of North-East Studies (Shillong) Niti Marg (Bhopal) Pratimaan: Samay Samaj Sankriti (New Delhi) RCWS Newsletter (Mumbai) Seminar (New Delhi) Social Welfare (New Delhi) Sociological Bulletin (New Delhi) Speaking Tree (New Delhi) Telegraph (Kolkata) Times of India (New Delhi) University News (New Delhi) The Voice of the Working Woman (New Delhi) Yug Sarokar (New Delhi) 6 Section – 1 7 Ageing 001 Sarabhai, Mallika. In the twilight zone (Editorial). Times of India. 19 March; 2013. p.18. Child Abuse 002 Brara, Sarita. A home of their own. Hindu. 22 February; 2013. p.8. 003 Dogra, Bharat. Students need safety. Hindu. 20 March; 2013. p.6. 004 Nair, Harish V. Frame child sex abuse rules in 5 months: HC. Hindustan Times. 26 February; 2013. p.7. 005 Pandey, Devesh K. Child rights body issues notice to police in sexual abuse case. Hindu. 21 March; 2013. p.3. Child Labour 006 Shajan Perappadan, Bindu. Demand for safe repatriation of kids employed in bangle industry. Hindu. 13 March; 2013. p.9. Children 007 Chauhan, Chetan. 12-year-old castrated, forced to be part of eunuch group. Hindustan Times. 5 March; 2013. p.2. 008 Do children matter? (Editorial). Economic and Political Weekly. 48(9); 2 March 2013. p.8. 8 009 Dutta, Sweta. Their world in a single room. Indian Express. 15 March; 2013. p.9. 010 Dwivedi, Rama. Noticing the unnoticed. Hindu. 20 March; 2013. p.6. 011 Nebula, Andromeda. Blankets in the sky. Times of India(Crest) . 16 March; 2013. p.3. 012 Pandit, Ambika. Halt adoption
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