Rekha Pande
Biographic Data
| ID | 3686637 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rekha Pande |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rekha |
| FAMILY NAME | Pande |
| SIGNATURE | PANDE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hyderabad |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3552-5240 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring the Politics of Widowhood in Vrindavan
The experience of Hindu widowhood in the Indian context constitutes social exclusion and marginalization of the woman who has lost her husband. The practice, which is the product of intersection of Indian patriarchy with the Hindu caste system, aims at total obliteration of the widow and rendering her invisible. The widow who is already in a precarious position due to adverse socio-economic and cultural ramifications of being a woman in the India…
Chronicles of civil society in Assam and Meghalaya
This paper examines the standpoints and the approach of the stakeholders working towards combatting sex trafficking in Assam and Meghalaya, India, with the aim of understanding whether the selected stakeholders uphold a gender-sensitive conceptualization, understanding and approach towards sex trafficking. Such an approach is significant since it ensures that victims of sex trafficking are protected from further marginalization and exploitation. …
Gender Bias and the Sex Trafficking Interventions in the Eastern Border of India–Nepal
The present article looks at gender bias and sex trafficking interventions in the eastern border of India–Nepal. It attempts to understand the socio-economic conditions and other influencing factors that circumscribe a woman’s migration. It documents the interventions by anti-trafficking networks and explores the experience of intercepted women. It attempts to show how interception methods as techniques of intervention to combat trafficking in pe…
An odyssey with an international feminist journal
The History of Feminism and Doing Gender in India
The present paper looks at the historical background of the rise of feminism and women's movement and doing gender in India. Not only in India but all over the world there has been a close link between feminism and the women's movement, each inspiring and enriching the other. In the Indian context, while the women's movement is a much earlier phenomenon, the term Feminism is a modern one. Feminism comprises a number of social, cultural and politi…
Becoming modern
This article looks at the various ways in which arranged marriage is practised among members of the British-Indian population. It argues against a singular definition of this practice by highlighting the diversity of routes that lead to an arranged marriage. It also makes a case for understanding arranged marriage as a discursive practice which represents the British-Indian views on matchmaking and kinship. Drawing upon original empirical researc…
I arranged my own marriage
This article looks at the practice of arranged marriage among women of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin resident in Britain. It examines the conflation of arranged marriages with forced marriages and the assumption that arranged marriages are examples of cultural practices that thwart individual agency. Drawing upon original empirical data, this article will argue that in the practice of arranged marriage, some South Asian women are able …
Connecting lectures to current affairs
This paper presents the experiences of teaching political geography, in a level 2 BA course, with the use of an innovative assignment – the letters to newspapers assignment. We provide here the aims, rationale and a detailed outline of the assignment. We also discuss student feedback from 67 questionnaires and 2 focus groups. Our findings suggest that the assignment was instrumental in (a) enabling the students to see concepts in action, that is …
Ritualized Prostitution
Looking at Information Technology from a Gender Perspective
The impact of information technology on womens work in the context of globalization has been viewed differently by feminist scholars depending on where they are located. As in the case of globalization the impact of information technology on womens work through globalization has been more evident in Asia. Examining the impact of information and communication technology on womens work in the context of globalization leads us to another issue -- di…
The Politics of Dance in Pakistan
This article does not have an abstract
The Public Face of a Private Domestic Violence
This article looks at violence against women in Indian society and gives an example of a best-practice response to domestic violence. It is divided into two parts. The first part of the paper examines the general characteristics of violence against women within India as a whole and the state of Andhra Pradesh in particular. The second part gives an example of the anti-arrack movement in Andhra Pradesh, a state in India, as an example of women's m…
Globalization and Women in the Agricultural Sector
(2000). Globalization and Women in the Agricultural Sector. International Feminist Journal of Politics: Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 409-412
From Anti-arrack to Total Prohibition
I arranged my own marriage
This article looks at the practice of arranged marriage among women of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin resident in Britain. It examines the conflation of arranged marriages with forced marriages and the assumption that arranged marriages are examples of cultural practices that thwart individual agency. Drawing upon original empirical data, this article will argue that in the practice of arranged marriage, some South Asian women are able …
Becoming modern
This article looks at the various ways in which arranged marriage is practised among members of the British-Indian population. It argues against a singular definition of this practice by highlighting the diversity of routes that lead to an arranged marriage. It also makes a case for understanding arranged marriage as a discursive practice which represents the British-Indian views on matchmaking and kinship. Drawing upon original empirical researc…
The History of Feminism and Doing Gender in India
The present paper looks at the historical background of the rise of feminism and women's movement and doing gender in India. Not only in India but all over the world there has been a close link between feminism and the women's movement, each inspiring and enriching the other. In the Indian context, while the women's movement is a much earlier phenomenon, the term Feminism is a modern one. Feminism comprises a number of social, cultural and politi…
The Public Face of a Private Domestic Violence
This article looks at violence against women in Indian society and gives an example of a best-practice response to domestic violence. It is divided into two parts. The first part of the paper examines the general characteristics of violence against women within India as a whole and the state of Andhra Pradesh in particular. The second part gives an example of the anti-arrack movement in Andhra Pradesh, a state in India, as an example of women's m…
Globalization and Women in the Agricultural Sector
(2000). Globalization and Women in the Agricultural Sector. International Feminist Journal of Politics: Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 409-412
Connecting lectures to current affairs
This paper presents the experiences of teaching political geography, in a level 2 BA course, with the use of an innovative assignment – the letters to newspapers assignment. We provide here the aims, rationale and a detailed outline of the assignment. We also discuss student feedback from 67 questionnaires and 2 focus groups. Our findings suggest that the assignment was instrumental in (a) enabling the students to see concepts in action, that is …
Looking at Information Technology from a Gender Perspective
The impact of information technology on womens work in the context of globalization has been viewed differently by feminist scholars depending on where they are located. As in the case of globalization the impact of information technology on womens work through globalization has been more evident in Asia. Examining the impact of information and communication technology on womens work in the context of globalization leads us to another issue -- di…
The Politics of Dance in Pakistan
This article does not have an abstract
Globalization and Women in the Agricultural Sector
(2000). Globalization and Women in the Agricultural Sector. International Feminist Journal of Politics: Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 409-412
From Anti-arrack to Total Prohibition
The Public Face of a Private Domestic Violence
This article looks at violence against women in Indian society and gives an example of a best-practice response to domestic violence. It is divided into two parts. The first part of the paper examines the general characteristics of violence against women within India as a whole and the state of Andhra Pradesh in particular. The second part gives an example of the anti-arrack movement in Andhra Pradesh, a state in India, as an example of women's m…
The Politics of Dance in Pakistan
This article does not have an abstract
Looking at Information Technology from a Gender Perspective
The impact of information technology on womens work in the context of globalization has been viewed differently by feminist scholars depending on where they are located. As in the case of globalization the impact of information technology on womens work through globalization has been more evident in Asia. Examining the impact of information and communication technology on womens work in the context of globalization leads us to another issue -- di…
Ritualized Prostitution
Connecting lectures to current affairs
This paper presents the experiences of teaching political geography, in a level 2 BA course, with the use of an innovative assignment – the letters to newspapers assignment. We provide here the aims, rationale and a detailed outline of the assignment. We also discuss student feedback from 67 questionnaires and 2 focus groups. Our findings suggest that the assignment was instrumental in (a) enabling the students to see concepts in action, that is …
I arranged my own marriage
This article looks at the practice of arranged marriage among women of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin resident in Britain. It examines the conflation of arranged marriages with forced marriages and the assumption that arranged marriages are examples of cultural practices that thwart individual agency. Drawing upon original empirical data, this article will argue that in the practice of arranged marriage, some South Asian women are able …
Becoming modern
This article looks at the various ways in which arranged marriage is practised among members of the British-Indian population. It argues against a singular definition of this practice by highlighting the diversity of routes that lead to an arranged marriage. It also makes a case for understanding arranged marriage as a discursive practice which represents the British-Indian views on matchmaking and kinship. Drawing upon original empirical researc…
An odyssey with an international feminist journal
The History of Feminism and Doing Gender in India
The present paper looks at the historical background of the rise of feminism and women's movement and doing gender in India. Not only in India but all over the world there has been a close link between feminism and the women's movement, each inspiring and enriching the other. In the Indian context, while the women's movement is a much earlier phenomenon, the term Feminism is a modern one. Feminism comprises a number of social, cultural and politi…
Gender Bias and the Sex Trafficking Interventions in the Eastern Border of India–Nepal
The present article looks at gender bias and sex trafficking interventions in the eastern border of India–Nepal. It attempts to understand the socio-economic conditions and other influencing factors that circumscribe a woman’s migration. It documents the interventions by anti-trafficking networks and explores the experience of intercepted women. It attempts to show how interception methods as techniques of intervention to combat trafficking in pe…
Exploring the Politics of Widowhood in Vrindavan
The experience of Hindu widowhood in the Indian context constitutes social exclusion and marginalization of the woman who has lost her husband. The practice, which is the product of intersection of Indian patriarchy with the Hindu caste system, aims at total obliteration of the widow and rendering her invisible. The widow who is already in a precarious position due to adverse socio-economic and cultural ramifications of being a woman in the India…
Chronicles of civil society in Assam and Meghalaya
This paper examines the standpoints and the approach of the stakeholders working towards combatting sex trafficking in Assam and Meghalaya, India, with the aim of understanding whether the selected stakeholders uphold a gender-sensitive conceptualization, understanding and approach towards sex trafficking. Such an approach is significant since it ensures that victims of sex trafficking are protected from further marginalization and exploitation. …
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