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This book explores the paradox of women's paid and unpaid work in India. It examines key themes including historical discourses, macroeconomic policies, employment trends, issues of tribal areas, public services and infrastructure, climate change and gendered migration and vulnerability of girl children. It highlights the play of gender norms, resource rights, identities and agency in women's work. Building on feminist theoretical frameworks and empirical analyses from microstudies, the volume offers fresh perspectives for research and policy on women's work in the Global South.
A timely intervention, this multidisciplinary book will be useful to scholars and researchers of political economy, labour studies, women's/gender studies, public policy, economics, development studies, sociology, South Asian studies and Global South studies. It will interest planners, policymakers, gender advocates, civil society organisations, human rights bodies and international organisations working towards ensuring gender equality and women's rights.
List of contents
Introduction PART I: Conceptual and Methodological Evolution in Understanding Women’s Unpaid Work 1. Framing the Discourse on Women’s Unpaid Work in India 2. Dimensions of Women's Unpaid Work in India: Significance of the 3Rs for Macroeconomic Policies 3. Valuing Women’s Unpaid Work in India: Lessons from Time Use Surveys PART II: Labour Market Trends, Informality and Women’s Unpaid Work in India 4. Unpacking Sectoral Trends in Female Employment in India 5. Women Informal Workers and The Right to ‘Care’: Implications of Women’s Care Responsibilities on their Employment Prospects PART III: Emerging Dimensions in the Understanding of Women’s Unpaid Work 6. Women’s Burden of Unpaid Care Work and the Power of Public Services 7. Environmental Distress, Out-Migration and Changing Gender Roles: A Case Study of Rural Uttarakhand, India 8. Work and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Tribal Rajasthan, India 9. Extricating the Perpetuation of Inter-Generational Vulnerability of Girl Children to Labour Exploitation and Rights Deprivation: Analysis of Policies, Strategies and Collective Orchestrated Action. Conclusion
About the author
Ellina Samantroy is Fellow, Centre for Gender and Labour, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, India.
Subhalakshmi Nandi is Senior Program Officer, Gender Equality, Policy and Advocacy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and formerly Director, Policy at ICRW Asia.
Summary
This book explores the paradox of women’s paid and unpaid work in India. It examines key themes including historical discourses, macroeconomic policies, employment trends, issues of tribal areas, public services and infrastructure, climate change and gendered migration, and vulnerability of girl children.
