A Glimpse of Muslim Women in Assam

Religion can be defined as a set of beliefs through which man can achieve mental and physical harmony with the natural forces. It is an important factors governing the demographic, socio-economic and socio- cultural variation in the society. Religion also plays a vital role in terms of ‘gender justice’ which is signatory for social upliftment and prosperity. Here the contribution of women in religion is particularly significant as they actively participate in religious rituals for socio-cultural well-being in their respective areas. However, they are also directed and limited by religious morals in diverse and dramatic ways. Islam, one of the major religions in the world also asserts for gender equality to ensure overall development of mankind. This is also evident in Assam where Muslims forms the second largest religious group in the state, after Hindus sharing 30.80 per cent (2001census) of the total population of the state. This paper attempts to understand the role and opportunities offered to the Muslim women of Assam as well as analyse the factors concerning gender justice among the Muslims of Assam which includes sex ratio, literacy rate, work participation etc

Women And Wedlock: A Study On Female Marital Status Among the Hindus, Muslims and Christians of Assam, India

Although marriage is a social institution but marital status and age at marriage are important demographic determinants as these aspects influence the pattern of fertility and natural growth of population. Studying the various aspects of marital status of any population group especially the figures related to women can give an exposition about the probability of fertility rate as well as social manifestation prevailing in the society. It also helps to understand the preferred specific age at marriage for women. However, little is known about the marital status of women living in Assam cutting across religions—Hindu, Muslim and Christian. In this backdrop, an attempt has been made through this research to examine the changing trend of marital status among the Hindu, Muslim and Christian women of Assam. The research is based on secondary data and Census information and considers the entire state of Assam. Census data of 2001 and 2011 shows interesting and striking information about the changing situation of marital status among the Hindus, Muslims and Christians of the state. It is arguable that the study linked to female marital status is saliently more influencing in this context as it determines the socio-economic status of women and pattern of fertility in any society. Among the different religions of Assam, Hindu women have the highest married proportion followed by Christian while Muslim is the lowest in the same category. Depending on the socio-cultural practices, economic conditions and the level of educational attainment, the age at marriage varies among the religious groups. The proportion of woman being married at a younger age has been less, is an indication of advancement in the educational scenario.

A global reference database of crowdsourced cropland data collected using the Geo-Wiki platform

A global reference data set on cropland was collected through a crowdsourcing campaign using the Geo-Wiki crowdsourcing tool. The campaign lasted three weeks, with over 80 participants from around the world reviewing almost 36,000 sample units, focussing on cropland identification. For quality assessment purposes, two additional data sets are provided. The first is a control set of 1,793 sample locations validated by students trained in satellite image interpretation. This data set was used to assess the quality of the crowd as the campaign progressed. The second data set contains 60 expert validations for additional evaluation of the quality of the contributions. All data sets are split into two parts: the first part shows all areas classified as cropland and the second part shows cropland average per location and user. After further processing, the data presented here might be suitable to validate and compare medium and high resolution cropland maps generated using remote sensing. These could also be used to train classification algorithms for developing new maps of land cover and cropland extent

A global reference database of crowdsourced cropland data collected using the Geo-Wiki platform

A global reference dataset on cropland was collected through a crowdsourcing campaign using the Geo-Wiki crowdsourcing tool. The campaign lasted three weeks, with over 80 participants from around the world reviewing almost 36,000 sample units, focussing on cropland identification. For quality assessment purposes, two additional data sets are provided. The first is a control set of 1793 sample locations validated by students trained in satellite image interpretation. This dataset was used to assess the quality of the crowd as the campaign progressed. The second dataset contains 60 expert validations for additional evaluation of contributions quality. All data sets are split into two parts: the first part shows all areas classified as cropland and the second part shows cropland average per location and user. The results of the cropland validation campaign can be used to validate and compare medium and high resolution cropland maps that have been generated using remote sensing. These can also be used to train classification algorithms for developing new maps of land cover and cropland extent.JRC.D.5-Food Securit