JOURNAL OF SOUTH ASIA WOMEN STUDIES -- Vol. 1, No. 1 (ISSN 1085-7478)

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IN THIS ISSUE:

- NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
- A DEB....
- PAPERS: * A Tribute to Mahatma Gandhi: His Views on
            Women and Social Change *, by Sita Kapadia
          * Whether Inheritance to Women is a Viable
            Solution of Dowry Problem in India? *, by
            Subhadra Chaturvedi
- NEW TITLES

ABSTRACTS:
In her paper Dr. Kapadia offers a survey of an
aspect of Gandhi's thought which has not exhaustively been
investigated: his view of womanhood and the social and political
role of women.
The second paper is entitled *Whether Inheritance to Women is a
Viable Solution of Dowry Problem in India?*, by Ms. Subhadra
Chaturvedi, Advocate at the Supreme Court of India.
Ms. Chaturvedi offers a statistic of the reported crimes against
women in India, and especially against brides. She also gives her legal
point of view on women's inheritance and on the Indian National
Perspective Plan for women 1988-2000 A.D.