Gone are the days when women had enjoyed equality of power and rights in the society. The persistence of the … social life in India and had in turn confined woman’s life to the family and that fate had continued for long during the … promise of social, economic and political justice, into de facto reality has been one of India’s major challenges over the …

this paper, we study the relationship between women employment and domestic violence in India. We used a nationally …Domestic violence is recognised as a serious violation of women’s basic rights. Conventional economic models of … domestic violence suggest that higher participation by women in the labour force leads to a decrease in domestic violence. In …

feminisation of workforce. This paper focuses on this changing position of women in the informal manufacturing sector in India over …Women's position in the labour market is quite vulnerable and they face widespread discrimination, especially in the … the 1989-2000 period. The share of women in total employment is declining in the sectors traditionally labeled for women …

The process of development in the developing countries had, by and large, marginalised women and deprived them of the …’. The last century was however marked by a remarkable though gradual shift in the way women were perceived within the … policy approaches was informed by changing perceptions about women and their relationship with development. A significant …

The concept of women empowerment was the outcome of several important critiques and debates generated by the women … to make any significant dent in the status of women. The failure was ascribed to the adaptation and the application of … institutions (such as the World Bank and the UN) unfortunately is that economic empowerment automatically converts to women …

As a case study on the status of women in the economics profession, this article analyzes the fascinating career of … Anne P. Carter. Prior to 1966 there were no women in the economics faculty at Harvard. In 1966 Carter became the first … Waltham, Massachusetts. The situation of women at Harvard was still not encouraging. In 1967 she was one of the first women to …