Chapter 1 Introduction: Gender Mainstreaming in Politics, Administration, and Development in South Asia

Chapter 2 Gendered Electoral Financing: Two Approaches Toward Funding as an Affirmative Action Measure

Chapter 3 How Policy Folds Back Before Implementation: A Study on Unequal Inheritance Right in Bangladesh

Chapter 4 Gender-Based Harassment and Violence in Higher Educational Institutions: A Case from Sri Lanka

Chapter 5 ‘Through the Glass Ceiling, over the Glass Cliff?’ Women Leaders in Bangladeshi Public Administration

Chapter 6 Emerging Leadership Roles of Women in Rural Local Government: Experiences from Bangladesh

Chapter 7 Gender Budgeting and Governance Challenges: A Case Study of Bangladesh

Chapter 8 Empowering Women Through e-Governance in the Indian Province of Odisha: Capacity Building as an Enabling Measure

Chapter 9 A Paradigm Shift in Women’s Turnout and Representation in Indian Elections

Chapter 10 Achievements and Challenges for Gender Mainstreaming in the Employment Sector of the Maldives

Chapter 11 Caught in the Cross-Fire of Religion, Culture, and Politics: Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Pakistan