1. Two Hundred and Fifty Miles East of Bombay -- 2. The Endemic Problem of Caste and Gender Inequality -- 3. Health is What Women Do: Transitions and Transformations -- : 4. "Why Are You Sitting at Home Being Oppressed?": Becoming a Village Health Worker -- 5. Women and Child Health: You Will Give Birth to a Beautiful Baby -- 6. Money in Her Hand: Mahila Vikas Mandal -- 7. Standing on My Own: Women and Equity -- Conclusion: Local Solutions to Global Problems.
Summary:
"For the Public Good: Women Health and Equity in Rural India gives a first hand account of how local solutions can solve global health problems changing the lives of thousands of rural villagers"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Policy to practice : ethnographic perspectives on global health systems
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