A Gender Atlas of India: With Scorecard
A Gender Atlas of India is a seminal body of work which comprehensively maps and grades India's performance from 2001 to 2016 on issues of concern for women. Taking into account 8 overall indicators and 28 sub-indicators, it looks at how India is performing on various aspects, including sex ratio, women's education, employment, health, political participation and representation; and prevention of crimes against women. Unlike previous attempts, this book examines the change in India's performance over a 15-year period, compares the situation of women in India to that in its neighborhood and internationally, and rates each Indian state and union territory individually. The findings in this book are both provocative and incentivizing for policymakers—they show that where the central and state governments share concerns India's ...
Chapter : Chandigarh
Radha Kumar
Marcel Korff
Karthika Sudhir
In:A Gender Atlas of India: With Scorecard
Subject:Gender & Sexuality (general), Women's Studies
Keywords:general elections; health; India; population; sex ratios; women's health
Current Performance Rank Grade
24 C-
Indicator Grade
Sex Ratio C+
Health* D+
Literacy D
Political Participation and Representation C
Decision-making C-
Employment** C-
Crimes Against Women*** No Grade
Note: Pass grade: C; Result: Fail.
Rate of Change Rank Grade
15 C+
Health* B
Literacy B+
Political Participation and Representation Marginal Increase
Decision-making B+
Employment** E-
Notes: Pass grade: C; Result: Pass.
* Flipped grading scale: The greater the value the worse the condition.
** Wages gaps use flipped grading scale.
*** Not graded due to unreliable data.
Current Performance Grade C-
Current Performance Rank 24
Rate of Change Grade C+
Rate of Change Rank 15
Meghalaya's overall gender record is moderate in comparison to other Indian states. The state ranks at 24 out of 35 and receives a grade of C-on its current performance and a C+ on its rate of change, because it performs above or at par with Indian and world averages (where available) on only 2 out of 6 categories and 12 out of ...
Kumar, R., Korff, M., & Sudhir, K. (2018). Meghalaya. In A gender atlas of india (pp. 453-462). SAGE Publications Pvt Ltd, https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9789353287832.n32
Kumar, Radha, Marcel Korff, and Karthika Sudhir. "Meghalaya." In A Gender Atlas of India: With Scorecard, First Edition, 453-62. Mathura Road, New Delhi: SAGE Publications Pvt Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9789353287832.n32.
Kumar, R., Korff, M. and Sudhir, K. 2018. Meghalaya. In: 2018. A Gender Atlas of India: With Scorecard, First Edition edn, Mathura Road, New Delhi: SAGE Publications Pvt Ltd. pp. 453-462 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9789353287832.n32> [Accessed 15 Jan 2021].
Kumar, Radha, et al. "Meghalaya." A Gender Atlas of India: With Scorecard.First Edition ed Mathura Road: SAGE Publications Pvt Ltd, 2018, pp. 453-62. SAGE Knowledge. 15 Jan 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9789353287832.n32.
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