Women Rights in the Global Era Contents : INTRODUCTION; EVOLUTION OF WOMEN RIGHTS : Women in Ancient India; Women in Medieval India; Women in Modern India; Political Status of Women; SOCIAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN : Women Health and Political Governance; Globalisation and Women Health; Policy Initiatives and Women Health in Globalised India; The Government Initiative for the Improvement of Girl Child Sex Ratio : An Analysis; Bad to Worse : Pros and Cons of Global Medical Technology; Sex Difference and Child Mortality in India; The Maternal Health Care and Women in South Asia; Fertility Rate and Population Control; Globalisation and Women Education in India; Government Policies and Women Education; Literacy Rate Trends; Higher Education and Women; Crime Against Women : An Analysis; ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF WOMEN: Global Investment and SEZ; The Global Efforts and the Real Position of Women; Gender Budgeting and National Perspective Plan for Women 1988-2000; Policies and Programme for Development and Empowerment of Women; Women Employment and Empowerment in India: An Analysis; Industrial Distribution of Workforce; Women in Organised and Unorganised Sector: An Analysis; POLITICAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN : Women Participation and the Indian Politics since Independence; CONCLUSION.