Women Workers in Urban India

Women Workers in Urban India
Author: Saraswati Raju
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2016-04-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107133289

""Discusses the role of women workers who are joining the workforce in the cityscape and bringing to surface the contradictions that this assumption offers"--Provided by publisher"--

Labour and Gender

Labour and Gender
Author: U Kalpagam
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Total Pages: 318
Release: 1994-07-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The author bases her conclusions on a wide cross-section of case studies which include rag-pickers, construction workers, slum and pavement vendors, fisherwomen and export garment workers. In the process, Dr. Kalpagam examines the experiences of women's groups, their struggles and efforts at mobilisation, thereby providing valuable insights into the women's movement in India.

Women Workers in India

Women Workers in India
Author: Mr.Sonali Das
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2015-03-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498315003

This paper examines the determinants of female labor force participation in India, against the backdrop of India having one of the lowest participation rates for women among peer countries. Using extensive Indian household survey data, we model the labor force participation choices of women, conditional on demographic characteristics and education, as well as looking at the influence of state-level labor market flexibility and other state policies. Our main finding is that a number of policy initiatives can help boost female economic participation in the states of India, including increased labor market flexibility, investment in infrastructure, and enhanced social spending.

Urban Women in Contemporary India

Urban Women in Contemporary India
Author: Rehana Ghadially
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2007
Genre: Feminism
ISBN: 9788178296753

Extrait de la couverture : " This anthology explore the impact of globalisation on Indian women and the struggle for gender equality. Since urban India has taken the initial benefit and brunt of globalisation, the focus here is on urban women, particulary from the educated middle class. The two dozen essays in this book offer insights into : gender identity, gender relations and conceptions of women / violence against women conflict resolution - women and the media / neo-liberal globalisation, from beauty pageants to working conditions / women and information and communication technologies / politics and women's political participation."

The Changing Status of the Working Woman in India

The Changing Status of the Working Woman in India
Author: Promilla Kapur
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1974
Genre: Married women
ISBN:

Monograph on social change and the changing social status of the educated woman worker in India - discusses the impact of married women's on marriage and family life based on an empirical survey of educated urban area women, and analyses the theoretics and realities of trends in status. Bibliography pp. 163 to 173 and statistical tables.

Emerging Work Trends in Urban India

Emerging Work Trends in Urban India
Author: Nidhi Tandon
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2022-03-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000541061

This book offers an overview of India’s emerging digital economy and the resulting challenges and opportunities for urban workplaces. It examines contemporary economic and social transformations in India by focusing on how new technologies and policies are shaping urban work practices and patterns. The book emphasizes inclusive and equitable practices that consider the needs of the formal and informal sector workforce as essential to India’s urban development. Drawing on cross-disciplinary frameworks, it examines key issues related to work trends in the Indian urban economy and its digital landscapes, including Industry 4.0 and technology–labour nexus, smart cities and innovation, urbanism and consumerism, workplace transitions such as service industry and remote work, digital divide, skill development initiatives, and the impact of socio-economic inequalities and disruptions. The authors provide perspectives on the digital future of urban work in India and other emerging economies in the post-COVID-19 phase, and underscore the importance of enacting balanced policies, remodelling institutions, and equipping the labour force for adapting to new demands related to future employability and investments. This book will interest students, teachers, and researchers of urban studies, urban sociology, sociology of work, labour studies, human and urban geography, economic geography, urban economics, development studies, urban development and planning, public policy, regional planning, politics of urban development, social and cultural change, urban sustainability, environmental studies, management studies, South Asian Studies, and Global South studies. It will also be useful to policymakers, non-governmental organizations, activists, and those interested in India and the future of the global economy.

Making Women Pay

Making Women Pay
Author: Smitha Radhakrishnan
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-10-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1478022167

In Making Women Pay, Smitha Radhakrishnan explores India's microfinance industry, which in the past two decades has come to saturate the everyday lives of women in the name of state-led efforts to promote financial inclusion and women's empowerment. Despite this favorable language, Radhakrishnan argues, microfinance in India does not provide a market-oriented development intervention, even though it may appear to help women borrowers. Rather, this commercial industry seeks to extract the maximum value from its customers through exploitative relationships that benefit especially class-privileged men. Through ethnography, interviews, and historical analysis, Radhakrishnan demonstrates how the unpaid and underpaid labor of marginalized women borrowers ensures both profitability and symbolic legitimacy for microfinance institutions, their employees, and their leaders. In doing so, she centralizes gender in the study of microfinance, reveals why most microfinance programs target women, and explores the exploitative implications of this targeting.