Have finally got around to pass this on to the whole List
Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Andrew Tatham 
> Sent:	14 June 1999 14:55
> To:	Francis Herbert
> Subject:	FW: Gender Atlas of India available
> 
> Francis
> It may be helpful to post this to map-lis, etc
> Andrew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Emma Mawdsley [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:	14 June 1999 15:05
> To:	[log in to unmask]
> Subject:	Gender Atlas of India available
> 
> Janet Townsend (Durham University) has asked me to post up the 
> following:
> 
> The Atlas of Women and Men in India has over 80 maps, colour 
> and black and white, mainly at district level and mainly using data 
> from the 1991 Census. It was published in April by Kali for Women, 
> New Delhi, and launched by Clare Short.
> 
> The authors, Saraswati Raju, Peter Atkins, Naresh Kumar and 
> Janet Townsend, collaborated between Jawaharlal Nehru University 
> and the University of Durham, UK and have tried very hard to 
> produce a feminist atlas: high-quality computer maps with plenty of 
> "buyer beware" comments on data quality and on the potential of 
> all maps to mislead. (See article in Environment and Planning A, 
> December 1997: Where angels fear to tread? Mapping women and 
> men in India, special issue, 2207-2215.) The Atlas was funded by 
> the British Council and DFID, and was developed with advice from 
> Indian NGOs. The Indian NGOs with which we are in contact are 
> very enthusiastic about its potential now it's out.
> 
> The Atlas is being advertised only, we think, in Kali's (excellent) 
> catalogue and we, the authors, are devastated that availability 
> outside India is not good. But you can get it on mail order now from
> 
> Ajay Jain, Manohar Book Service
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> 
> and from July from
> 
> Jan van Arkel
> International Books
> Alexander Numankade 17
> 3752 KP Utrecht
> The Netherlands
> 
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> 
> I think this Atlas should be in every university library in every richer
> English speaking country...Kali have arranged to distribute to some 
> NGOs in India: if you would like to suggest to me any other South 
> Asian NGOs, please do, and I'll pass addresses on.
> 
> By all means address other queries to me. Janet Townsend
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dr. Emma Mawdsley
> Department of Geography
> Science Laboratories
> South Road
> Durham, DH1 3LE
> Tel: 0191 374 1138
> Fax: 0191 374 2456


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