Description
This handbook examines contemporary debates and developments in gender, sexuality, identity, and social transformation across diverse global contexts. It explores how social, cultural, economic, and political forces shape lived experiences and opportunities in a rapidly changing world, addressing issues ranging from LGBTQIA+ rights and gender diversity to entrepreneurship, climate change, violence, and social exclusion. It offers a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and possibilities associated with advancing equality, inclusion, and social justice in the twenty-first century.
Table of Contents
Section I: Gender, Identity, and Social Transformation.- Chapter 1: Constructing Identities Gender, Sexuality, and Social Transformation in the 21st Century.- Chapter 2: The Gender Conundrum in Classical Dance Bharatanatyam and Stereotyped Gender Roles.- Chapter 3: A Spectrum of Rights a Legal Odyssey of LGBTQIA+ Rights in India.- Chapter 4: Between Tolerance and Hate: LGBT+ Persons in Serbia.- Chapter 5: The Inequitable Treatment of LGBTQ+ Youth Placed in the USA: Publicly Administered State Child Welfare Foster Care System.- Chapter 6: Reconceptualising Identities Through Transmasculinity in India: A Gender Revisionist Approach.- Chapter 7: Exploring Youth, Agency, and Social Constraint in the Cinematic Worlds of Studio Ghibli.- Chapter 8: The Romantic New Deal.- Section II: Gender Inequality, Development, and Public Policy.- Chapter 9: Climate Change and Gender Equality. Chapter 10: MGNREGA: A Public Policy and Women Empowerment.- 11: Gender Equality in Transportation Policy a Systematic Review.- Chapter 12: Enhancing Gender Equality and Implementation in UN Millennium Development Goals: Achievements and Challenges.- Chapter 13: Exploring Gender Disparities in Workforce Participations Among Youth in India.- Chapter 14: Gender Inequality in Entrepreneurship: Challenges, Opportunities, and Recommendations.- Chapter 15: Gender Disparities in Technology Entrepreneurship and Implications for Global Innovation.- Chapter 16: Dalit Entrepreneurship a Critical Inquiry for Building an Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystem to Advance Dalit Entrepreneurship in Tamil Nadu.- Chapter 17: Gender Inequality in Ethiopia a Critical Overview.- Chapter 18: Gender Inequality in the Global South.- Chapter 19: The Spectrum of Gender Inequality in the United States.- Section III: Violence, Vulnerability, and Social Justice.- Chapter 20: Sexual Violence in Developing Countries Challenges of Rehabilitation of Victims.- Chapter 21: Reflections and Rethinking Gender Based Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities in Gweru, Zimbabwe A Neglected Enclave: Chapter 22: Women and Toilet: Case Studies from India.- Chapter 23: Love and Height the Effect of Height on Marital Relations.- Chapter 24: The Configuration of Old Age Consequences of Political, Economic, and Cultural Hegemony and an Opportunity for Populist Rhetoric.-
