Retirement s the institutionalized separation of an individual from his or her occupational position usually on the basis of age. As a complex problem, 'Retirement' tends to focus upon the social and related losses involved in retiring including loss of income, status, identity or supporting networks within a familiar work setting. The Retirement studies are marked by either exclusion of the women or give inadequate coverage to women. Thus, the extent to which retirement affects the socio-psychological well being of women has remained largely a matter of conjecture. It needs to be seen whether retirement has the same psycho-social effects on women as in the case of men and whether retirement or continued employment has any non-economic significance at all for women. The present study is concentrated on problems of women retirees. Introduction; work orientation towards retirement; family life; economic conditions; health conditions; socio-psychological conditions of retirees; and summary and conclusion are the chapters under which the whole problem is categorically studied. This work will be helpful in exploring an area which has so far remained unresearched.

This book, based upon empirical findings, seeks to provide new sociological insights into the intricate realities pertaining to an emerging section of society that holds key to the systematic understanding of and implications of seminal significance for contemporary Indian society. This book incorporates much needed and less adopted sociological perspective in approaching the phenomenon of women, work, family and marriage promising a novel and fresh look at these issues. The book has succeeded in capturing emerging trends of aspirations, achievements, challenges and constraints among womenfolk taking to gainful employment. It deals diligently with minute aspects of work life of women and these are interwoven to present a meaningful fabric that provides integrated, insightful and empirical insights into the functional and attitudinal aspects as well as ethos and pathos of on the job and off the job lives, and their interfaces, faced by Indian working women.

Women's studies are a vast discipline and thousand of books are in stacks. Still, the vital subject requires a brief but comprehensive volume, equally beneficial to scholars, students and the general readers. This study fills this vacuum. As an authentic and exhaustive scholarly effort, this research based work enriches the reader a lot and creates a new awareness, regarding all issues, problems and prospects, concerning the weaker section of our society, which women are. Here is all about them in one cover.

Women are a neglected lot, but not under Islam. It may sound to be an uncommon statement, but, it's true. Islam hit the world scenario as progressive religion and raised the banner for reforms, humanity and equality. Islam, as a system and code of conduct gives all rights to its female followers, at par with men. Within the parameters of Islam, the women enjoy a status equal to that of men-with regard to property, opportunities and the basic rights. This research based study deals with the status of women in Islamic society in a very scholarly, academic and objective manner. And it makes this work exemplary and a valuable addition to the existing books on the subject.