Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
10 September 2004, : GDS Seminar on 'Introduction of Cash Crops & Its Impact on Gender Relations' by Professor B.K. Tiwari, Center for Environmental Studies, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. The seminar will be held at room E206, SERD Building from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Abstract
Among the matrilineal Khasi and Garo societies of Meghalaya, India, inheritance and descent are traced through the female line, but customary practices are not gender-democratic, as authority is vested in the mother's brothers.