Includes bibliographical references and index.

The double bind : a gender analysis of forced displacement and resettlement / Lyla Mehta -- Displacing gender from displacement : a view from the Santal Parganas, Jharkhand / Amit Mitra and Nitya Rao -- Breaking homes, making cities : class and gender in the politics of urban displacement / Amita Baviskar -- Displacement and protecting the rights of children / Enakshi Ganguly Thukral -- Displacement and alienation from common property resources / Walter Fernandes -- A word on eminent domain / Usha Ramanathan -- Second class citizenship : Wanton subversion of relief and rehabilitation / Harsh Mander -- Gender biases in resettlement planning / Hari Mohan Mathur -- An overview of revisions to the World Bank resettlement policy / Dana Clark -- Like a white flag? : the gendered dimensions of the Orissa state policy on resettlement and rehabilitation / Deepa Shankaran -- The Samatha judgement : upholding the rights of Adivasi women / Ravi Rebbapragada and Bhanumathi Kalluri -- 'We will never forgive the government' : a personal testimony / Ramkuwar -- Displacement, gender justice and people's struggles / Chittaroopa Palit.