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Contents Preface ix 1 Introduction Bandana Purkayastha and Mangala Subramaniam 1 2 Networking within Santal society: Focus on women Kumkum Bhattacharya 15 3 Women's Social Support networks and Contraceptive Use in Mali Alayne M. Adams, Dominique Simon, and Sangeetha Madhavan 31 4 Women's Networks and Social Change in Bangladesh Shahanara Hosain 47 5 Impacts of Changing Patterns of Women's Association Membership in Senegal Lucy Creevey 61 6 Using Informal Networks to Seek Formal Political Participation in Ghana Kathleen Fallon 75 7 Women Weavers in Nepal: Between Global Market and Local Production Shobha Hamal Gurung 89 8 The Informal Collective as a space for Participatory Planning: The Peri Urban Interface in Hubli-Dharwad Twin City Area Sangeetha Purishothaman, Simone Purohit and Bianca Ambrose-Oji 105 9 Informal Networks, Gender, Change Bandana Purkayastha and Mangala Subramaniam 121 Index 133 Contributors 139
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Women Social networks South Asia, Women Social networks Africa, West, Women in development South Asia, Women in development Africa, West