The changing socio-economic scenario has brought its negative repercussions on the tribal women. They are not only being denied land rights but are also being made the victims of violence by the males. They are mostly widows, single and separated women. This research article focuses on the Munda tribe in Jharkhand and attempts to study the customary practices of the land inheritance among the Munda women. It also delineates the legal and social impediments faced by Munda women when it comes to the issue of land inheritance.
AgarwalB. (1994). Gender and command over property: A critical gap in economic analysis and policy in South Asia. In AgarwalB. (Ed.), World development. Elsevier.
2.
BhasinK. (1993). What is patriarchy?Kali for Women.
3.
C Panther BrickR. L.-C. (2001). Hunter-gatherers: An interdisciplinary perspective. In PenningtonR. (Ed.), Hunter gatherer demography (pp. 170–204). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
4.
Karl MarxF. E. (1848). The communist manifesto. Worker’s Educational Association.
5.
KishwarM. (2005). Deepening democracy: Challenges of governance and globalization in India. Oxford University Press.
6.
PandeyR. N. R. (2009). Handbook of Chotanagpur tenancy laws. Rajpal and Company.
7.
PeterP. (2005). Establishing women’s resource rights agenda in tribal community. Gender Livelihood and Resources Forum and Consult for Women and Land Rights.
8.
RanjanM. (2018). Jharkhand women marrying non-tribal men to lose ST status. Indian Express.
9.
SenA. K. (2012). From village elder to British judge: Customs, customary law and tribal society. Orient Blackswan.
10.
VelayudhanM. (2009). Women’s land rights in South Asia: Struggles and diverse context. Economic & Political Weekly, 44, 74–79.
