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'Bed and Board' in Lieu of Salary: Women and Girl Children Domestics in Post Partition Calcutta (1951-1981)
Chakravarty, Deepita; Chakravarty, Ishita - eSocialSciences - 2010
The present study attempts to see how a particular labour market, that is, domestic service, a traditionally male domain, became segregated both by gender and age in post partition West Bengal (WB) and mainly in its capital city Calcutta. [CESS WP 84].
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Working and Living Conditions of Women Domestic Workers: Evidences from Mumbai
Paul, G.D Bino; Dattagupta, Sushanta; R, Venkatesha Murthy - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper, exploring primary data collected from 1510 women domestic workers in Mumbai, evidently brings out that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319333
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Government Structure and Labour Market Outcomes in Garment Embellishment Chains
Unni, Jeemol; Scaria, Suma - eSocialSciences - 2010
The perspective of global commodity chain or GCC framework and social embeddedness are used to understand the organizational and social linkages in the embellishment production network in garment industry. The findings are based on the fieldwork conducted in Bareilly situated in Uttar Pradesh,...
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Gender Pay Gap in the Formal Sector: 2006 - 2013: Preliminary Evidence from Paycheck India Data
Varkkey, Biju; Korde, Rupa - eSocialSciences - 2013
This report aims at quantifying the magnitude of gender-based disparities that women face in the organized sector of …
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Kerala Budget 2010-11
Govt, Government of Kerala - eSocialSciences - 2010
Budget speech by finance minister Dr. Thomas Issac
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Development Challenges in Extremist Affected Areas
Commission, Expert Group Planning - eSocialSciences - 2009
Widespread discontent among the people has plagued the Indian polity for sometime now. It has often led to unrest, sometimes of a violent nature. Over the years, statutory enactments and institutional mechanisms for addressing the various aspects of deprivation have been brought into being. But...
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Women’s Work in the Post Reform Period: An Exploration of Macro Data
N, Neetha - eSocialSciences - 2009
changes into defining or redefining gender relations and empowerment of women. In India, the aura created by liberalization …, reflected that new opportunities for women are opening up. The paper analyses women’s employment through a disaggregate … analysis provided in the paper suggests that the growing social and economic crisis is sending vast sections of women workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998002
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HIV Prevention in Vulnerable Indian States: Lessons from the Chayan Project
CARE, CARE - eSocialSciences - 2009
This document highlights the results and associated processes from Chayan’s implementation experience under the RACHNA program. The programmatic framework, designed for low-prevalence contexts in India, draws on standard targeted intervention approaches but is grounded in community-based...
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The Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention and Redressal) Bill, 2007: A Critique
Tiwary, Mahalaxmi - eSocialSciences - 2009
Before 1997, women experiencing sexual harassment at workplace had to lodge a complaint under Indian Penal Code, 1860 … Women (CEDAW), arts. 11 and 24, which the Government of India ratified on 25 June 1993, and the general recommendations of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512439
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Muslim Women’s Rights Discourse in the Pre independece Period
Hussain, Sabiha - eSocialSciences - 2009
The present paper deals with the discourse of the rights of Muslim women in the pre- independence period with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512468