An article which consists of whole body of the topic
also includes abstract. Abstract is written immediately after introduction of
the topic. Abstract is very important if you are going to present a paper,
because every one first analyse your abstract and if they select it then only
your article or paper would be
selected. Though abstract is the short
summary of the paper or article (full article would be of 4000-7000 words while
abstract would be its short summary in 400-500 words), but it should not have
the definition and description of the topic, or it should not have descriptions
of whatever you have explained or mentioned in the full article or paper. But
it should explain briefly about what is inside your article, how it is
different from other paper and why it should be selected.
Writing an abstract is not an easy task. It is
complicated and difficult, Because it is very difficult to summarise 5000 words
in 100-500 words. It is easy to explain one simple sentence into 1000 sentences
but it is very difficult to generalised 5000 words into 500 words. Many people
confuse abstract with introduction and description of the topic. Let me tell
you, you can’t describe the topic in such restricted limit of words and also
the people who are going to read the abstract already know about the basic
definition that you are going to put in an abstract. So it is better to explain
what was your objective, what is inside the paper and why it is different. I know I’m making it a bit complicated. I
will give you the best tips to prepare an abstract along with an example of
abstract which has been selected in an International conference to be held at
GNLU, Gandhinagar.
For writing an abstract you should follow 4 question
method and be very stick to these 4 questions. If you follow them then assume
that 99% the ball is in your court and
no one can reject your abstract. These are the 4 questions.
1].What was your objective for writing on that
topic? - Explain briefly why did you
chose the topic and identify the issues related.
2].What Method or technique have you used in the
paper/article?- Explain the method that you followed for the research on the
topic. Ex- If you have interviewed someone or conducted a survey then it should
be mentioned here.
3].What did you find? – The findings and analysing
that you have found after following the method mentioned in question number 2.
Briefly explain it but make sure it won’t exceed the word limit
4].Conclusion/ or what do you think should happen-
This will include the conclusion. You can end conclusion by raising some
questions too. Based on your findings in question number 3, write your opinion
how that condition should be improved and what can be done to improve it or
what is the conclusion. This would be the end of the abstract.
All questions should be answered within the word
limit. One more thing is that abstract is generally prepared even before the
actual paper or article is prepared, so it must be prepared accordingly.
Example of an abstract on sexual harassment post
vishakha judgement.
Supreme court(SC) for the first
time, in the year 1997, described sexual harassment of a female at workplace as
a violation of Human rights in the case of Vishakha and others vs.state of
Rajasthan and laid down certain guidelines regarding the matter and
Declared
it a law under Article 141 of the constitution. Paper has been written to show
the actual and present scenario of woman at workplace, after SC laid down
certain guidelines regarding sexual harassment of Woman at workplace, in
absence of any specific national legislation regarding the matter, in vishakha
case. Paper depicts the stated breach of these guidelines in absence of
specific national law by various institutions, organisations or any other
workplace. It is required to spread awareness among the masses about the issue.
This paper also deals with how a strict regulation can help in woman
empowerment at work place and how it can help in reducing the woman suicidal
rate. A strict regulation and check on the matter can help in increasing the
number of woman in working sector. Also the role of National commission of woman(NCW) is described, which
is working on the bill “Protection of women against sexual harassment at
workplace” .
We have
interviewed 2-3 big organisations about how they have implemented the vishakha
guideline for providing safety and security to woman at workplace. Also we have
interviewed few working females to know in their opinion what should be
done for providing safe environment to
female workers and how law should be enacted in this matter. What we found is
that many Government organisations are not even following these guidelines and
private sector is yet to implement them. Many research studies also suggest
that the implementation rate of these guidelines are very low. It is prevalen
even in Big companies where victims are highly educated. There is not even any
guidelines for unorganised sector.
So strict
and regulating law should be implemented for the safety of woman at work place
and unorganised work sector should be inculcated under it’s ambit.
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