Gender, Unpaid Work and Care in India

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-55820-8
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Samantroy, Ellina

Nandi, Subhalakshmi

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Gewerkschaften, Industrielle Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.