Interplay of Gender Inequities, Poverty and Caste: Implications for Health of Women in the Cashew Industry of Kerala

Despite Kerala's remarkable achievements in the social sector, improvements in quality of life are not distributed uniformly. Exploration of the life of cashew processing women workers indicates high levels of illiteracy, poverty, morbidity, fertility, gender based violence, caste based inequit...

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Main Author: C.U. Thresia
Format: Printed Book
Published: Social Medicine Volume 2, No.1, March 2007 2007
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/001369.pdf
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