Development-Induced Displacement and Women

The Case of the Tehri Dam, India

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2174563
AutoresTulsi Charan Bisht (Yahoo (United Kingdom), autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen10
Número4
Páginas301-317
Fecha de publicación2009-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCanberra Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0314-9099 • E-ISSN: 1740-9314
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14442210903271312
OpenAlexW2030994145
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas17

Large-scale development projects often result in massive displacement of population. Based on an ethnographic study of the people displaced by the Tehri dam in India, the present paper examines the impact of displacement on women and demonstrates that their experiences of displacement and resettlement are qualitatively different from those of men. Displacement not only results in physical dislocation, but also in women's disempowerment. Resettlement policies and programmes, in the Indian context, have largely remained gender biased and fail to take into account the differential experiences of women, making resettlement a difficult process for them. I argue for a better understanding of women's experiences of development-induced dislocation and a subsequent refocusing of policy

Archaeology · Cartography · Context (archaeology) · Development economics · Dislocation · Displaced person · Displacement (psychology) · Economics · Ethnography · Geography · Physics · Political science · Population · Psychoanalysis · Refugee · Scale (ratio) · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · Psychology · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Water Governance and Infrastructure