Women Empowerment Volume 1: Political, Economic and Legal Empowerment: Initiatives from Different Countries - Paperback

Brandon, Anita: - Prof. Dr. Anita Brandon is the author of the Prologue and the Focused Introduction to Vol.1 and Vol.2, and Editor of both these volumes on Women's Empowerment. She has a Ph.D. in Social Science from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, and also has a P.G. Diploma in Human Rights Law from the National Law School, India University, Bangalore. She has been a Professor of Practice, promoting human resource development at several state and national training institutions of eminence. Her areas of research and training are: mainstreaming gender in development, Panchayati Raj, decentralized governance, rural development, tribal development, human development, and human rights. She is a Member of the International Sociological Association, Research Committee 32, on Women, Gender, and Society. In her experience spanning 40 years as a thought leader and mentor, she has trained students, teachers, trainers, administrators, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and elected representatives and officials of PRIs. She has also been invited to give gender sensitization training to women members of parliament, policy planners and senior government officers. She has edited and authored several books, journals, and training publications. She is an expert member of an Advisory Committee for empowering women elected leaders of PRIs, constituted by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. She has been assisting UNFPA India as a Senior Consultant, after her superannuation as a Professor in July 2020 from SIRD&PR, Rajasthan, India. She holds equal felicity in writing and speaking in English and Hindi and is a sought-after expert for addressing participants in conferences, workshops, and trainings of reputed organizations at global, national and state levels. She has facilitated many Training Projects supported by UNDP, UNICEF, UN Women, UNFPA, The World Bank and SDC for Capacity Building of PRIs and GRG- Gender Responsive Governance in India. She is also a regular speaker on mass media (TV and Radio) on areas of her interest.