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Current Awareness Bulletin No.6-7 June-July 2016 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: [email protected] | 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 ............................................................................007-015 Children’s Rights ..............................................................016 Disabilities ........................................................................017 Family...............................................................................018 Family Planning ................................................................019-021 Feminism ..........................................................................022-028 Fertility .............................................................................029 Girl Child ..........................................................................030-038 Health ...............................................................................039-041 Laws .................................................................................042-045 Media ................................................................................046 Migration ..........................................................................047-048 Personalia .........................................................................049-050 Queer Studies ....................................................................051-053 Reproductive Health .........................................................054 Reproductive Technologies ...............................................055-057 Surrogacy..........................................................................058-059 Widows .............................................................................060 Women-Agriculture ..........................................................061 2 -Arts........................................................................062-065 -Awards ..................................................................066-067 -Credit.....................................................................068-069 -Development .........................................................070 -Disabilities.............................................................071-073 -Economic Development.........................................074 -Education ..............................................................075-082 -Employment ..........................................................083-100 -Empowerment .......................................................101-118 -Health ....................................................................119-142 -History ...................................................................143-145 -Laws ......................................................................146-159 -Literature ...............................................................160-162 -Marriage ................................................................163-164 -Media ....................................................................165-169 -Migration ...............................................................170-173 -Movements ............................................................174-176 -Muslims .................................................................177-183 -Organisations .........................................................184-186 -Peace .....................................................................187-189 -Politics ...................................................................190-195 -Programmes and Policies .......................................196-197 -Religion .................................................................198-200 -Rural ......................................................................201-203 -Science and Technology ........................................204 -Sports ....................................................................205-229 -Status .....................................................................230-235 -Terrorism ...............................................................236 -Tribes and Tribals ..................................................237-239 -Violence ................................................................240-243 -Violence Against ...................................................244-296 -Domestic Violence ......................................297-298 -Dowry .........................................................299 -Foeticide ......................................................300-303 -Infanticide ...................................................304 -Rape ............................................................305-311 -Sex Workers ................................................312-319 -Sexual Harassment ......................................320-321 -Witch Hunting .............................................322 -Water .....................................................................323 3 Women’s Studies ..............................................................324-329 Section 2: Books/ Mimeo Papers/ Conferences/ Seminars/ Workshops Reports Children ............................................................................001 Fiction...............................................................................002-004 Marriage ...........................................................................005 Reproductive Health .........................................................006-007 Reproductive Technologies ...............................................008 Sociology ..........................................................................009-010 Women-Agriculture ..........................................................011 -Biographies ...........................................................012-014 -Detention ...............................................................015 -Employment ..........................................................016 -Health ....................................................................017-019 -Laws ......................................................................020-022 -Media ....................................................................023 -Movements ............................................................024 -Politics ...................................................................025 -Religion .................................................................026 -Status .....................................................................027 -Violence Against ...................................................028-032 Women’s Studies ..............................................................033-034 Annual Reports .................................................................035 4 List of Journals/ Newspapers Are Indexed in This Issue AJWS: Asian Journal of Women's Studies (Seoul, Korea) Asian Age (New Delhi) Deccan Herald (New Delhi) Economic and Political Weekly (Mumbai) Feminist Review (Hampshire, U.K.) Frontline (Chennai) Gender and Sexuality (Tokyo, Japan) Gender, Technology and Development (New Delhi) Hashiye ki Aawaz (New Delhi) Hindustan Times (New Delhi) Human Touch (New Delhi) Indian Express (New Delhi) Legal News and Views (New Delhi) Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences (Ujjain) Mainstream (New Delhi) 5 Pakistan Journal of Women's Studies: Alam-E-Niswan (Karachi, Pakistan) Social Change (New Delhi) Social Welfare (New Delhi) Telegraph (Kolkata) Times of India (New Delhi) 6 Section – 1 7 Abortion 001 Seshu, Geeta Abortion dilemmas: perfect baby, imperfect society. Social Welfare. 63(4); July 2016. p.13-14. 002 Steinem, Gloria Hitler and the abortion debate. Antyajaa: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change . 1(1); June 2016. p.41-56. 003 Supreme Court ka bada faisla: 24 hafte ka garbh girane ki izazat. Dainik Bhaskar. 26 July; 2016. p.1. Ageing 004 Deva, Barkha No country for the old?. Hindu. 31 May; 2016. p.13. Child Abuse 005 Haidar, Faizan Rapists and kidnappers prey on kids in Delhi slum's forest toilet. Hindustan Times. 14 June; 2016. p.1,8. 006 Pandit, Ambika Scarred by abuse, slum kids trapped. Times of India. 5 June; 2016. p.6. Child Labour 007 Goswami, Sweta I was beaten up if I made a mistake. Hindu. 12 June; 2016. p.4. 008 Joy, Shemin Census shows worrisome data on child labour. Deccan Herald. 5 June; 2016. p.1. 8 Children 009 Aggarwal, Vaani and Hasija, Arushi Street kids wield the brush to spread message against drug abuse, child labour. Hindustan Times. 26 June; 2016. p.6. 010 Arasu, Sibi Prospects for abandoned, runaway children dim. Grassroots. 8(4); April 2016. p.9. 011 Chaturvedi, Pankaj Dum todta bachpan. Jansatta (Mag.). 12 June; 2016. p.1. 012 Haidar, Faizan Govt wakes up, to build toilets in Shahbad Dairy, tell civic bodies to get act togother. Hindustan Times. 15 June; 2016. p.6. 013 Manral, Mahender Singh Murder of 6-year-old Ganesh. Indian Express . 11 July; 2016. p.4. 014 Mavalankar, Dileep Infant mortality has economic consequences. Hindustan Times. 7 July; 2016. p.16. 015 More must be done to save children (Editorial). Deccan Herald. 7 July; 2016. p.10. 016 Pandit, Ambika
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