EDUC 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Capability Approach, Economic Liberalism, Seeking Justice
21 Jul 2017
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Leaders of countries often focus on national economic growth but individuals focus on living worthy and meaningful lives gdp doesn"t accurately quality of people"s lives and overall national prosperity doesn"t reflect inequalities and deprivation. Theoretical applications: attribute vasanti"s small stature to poor nutrition in childhood. Vasanti had no children as a result to help her, making her more vulnerable to domestic violence. Vasanti made eyeholes for hooks on sari tops to make a small income. Vasanti discovered a ngo the self-employed women"s organization (sewa) who helped her get a bank loan to pay her brothers back gave vasanti a support source not tied to her being dependent on another. She became an active combatant of domestic violence in her community. Sewa"s focus is a theme that runs across these issues, the ability for women to have control in their own lives an interesting aspect of the indian women"s movement was the absence of.
