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 …

aftermath of the Southeast Asian crisis, the limitation of the liberal capital regime for a developing country like India is … often highlighted in the literature. However, the probable impact of introducing KAC on CAB in India generally is discussed … theoretically. Though some of the existing studies in India have earlier focused on this research question, they have done so by …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the progress in socioeconomic conditions across the major states of India by …

history of labour legislation in Japan. It prohibits discrimination against women in vocational training, fringe benefits …, retirement and dismissal. It also urges employers to 'endeavour' to treat women equally with men with regard to recruitment, job …. It also examines how the law has affected Japanese women's career consciousness based on attitude surveys conducted at a …

rendered them scarce. The rural women collect over 28% of all energy consumed in India in the form of firewood. Most of the 140 … the same quantity of farm products. Historically, women have been the managers of natural resources as they are dependent …-scale migration to urban areas. Women are being forced to take up more drudgerous jobs as a source of livelihood as most of the …

to underline the positive corollary existing between the targeting of women by microfinance programs, on the one hand …

migrant women: gender and migrant condition. Our findings suggest that migrant women do face this double negative disadvantage …

Malaysian women have continued to play an increasingly important role in the national development of the country … education among Muslim women. A total of 189 respondents were interviewed from selected kampongs in the district of Papar, Sabah …