Aditi Ashok Arur
Biographic Data
| ID | 4210508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aditi Ashok Arur |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aditi Ashok |
| FAMILY NAME | Arur |
| SIGNATURE | ARUR A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Christ University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9895-2880 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring Spiritual Beliefs and Quality of Life Among Transwomen (Hijra) in South India
Transgender women as ‘knights of faith’
This study explores mental health and spirituality among transgender women in India, examining their experiences within global conflicts between national conservatism and “radical gender ideology.” Analyzing stories of eleven trans women, we show how faith provides resilience amid rejection and discrimination. We contend that right-wing populist movements redirect anxieties about capitalist exploitation onto marginalized groups, particularly tran…
Exploring How Gender and Culture Shape the Lived Experiences of Indian Clients with Emotional Abuse
Education for All
Arguments for the expansion of formal schooling have long focused on individual outcomes from schooling, including increasing income, reducing poverty, delaying marriage, and improving health, particularly for girls and women. For nearly three decades now, global education agendas have supported girls' education in an effort to achieve these outcomes. A large body of research analyzes girls' individual empowerment from schooling, but less attenti…
Decolonizing life skills education for girls in Brahmanical India
Life skills have become the foci of many girls’ education initiatives because they are assumed to empower girls to negotiate oppressive gender norms constraining their lives. Often these programmes give a singular attention to gender norms, despite other interlocking oppressive structures and norms. Although postcolonial feminist perspectives in education have often stressed on intersectional analyses, little attention has been given to caste in …
Negotiating meanings of gender justice
Negotiating meanings of gender justice
Decolonizing life skills education for girls in Brahmanical India
Life skills have become the foci of many girls’ education initiatives because they are assumed to empower girls to negotiate oppressive gender norms constraining their lives. Often these programmes give a singular attention to gender norms, despite other interlocking oppressive structures and norms. Although postcolonial feminist perspectives in education have often stressed on intersectional analyses, little attention has been given to caste in …
Negotiating meanings of gender justice
Decolonizing life skills education for girls in Brahmanical India
Life skills have become the foci of many girls’ education initiatives because they are assumed to empower girls to negotiate oppressive gender norms constraining their lives. Often these programmes give a singular attention to gender norms, despite other interlocking oppressive structures and norms. Although postcolonial feminist perspectives in education have often stressed on intersectional analyses, little attention has been given to caste in …
Education for All
Arguments for the expansion of formal schooling have long focused on individual outcomes from schooling, including increasing income, reducing poverty, delaying marriage, and improving health, particularly for girls and women. For nearly three decades now, global education agendas have supported girls' education in an effort to achieve these outcomes. A large body of research analyzes girls' individual empowerment from schooling, but less attenti…
Exploring How Gender and Culture Shape the Lived Experiences of Indian Clients with Emotional Abuse
Transgender women as ‘knights of faith’
This study explores mental health and spirituality among transgender women in India, examining their experiences within global conflicts between national conservatism and “radical gender ideology.” Analyzing stories of eleven trans women, we show how faith provides resilience amid rejection and discrimination. We contend that right-wing populist movements redirect anxieties about capitalist exploitation onto marginalized groups, particularly tran…
Exploring Spiritual Beliefs and Quality of Life Among Transwomen (Hijra) in South India
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Caste (2 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)