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Chapter in book: Wives and Widows at Work: Women’s Labour in Agrarian Bengal, Then and Now Compared with most other Indian states, women’s reported work participation rates have historically been low in West Bengal. This trend is more prominent in rural areas. Historians have tried to explain this...
Globally, governments are using lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19. This has disproportionately affected the poor, the homeless, and the migrants who are left without livelihoods, especially where the lockdown is country-wide, as in India. But has it affected women more than men? If so, in...
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Towards Gender Equity in Development
Improving the position of women continues to be an important concern in development. As we strive to make better living standards possible for people of all walks of life, we need to identify and meaningfully address problems faced by individuals and groups. The unfortunate truth is that women...
Blog
Just over a year ago, in March 2014, UNU-WIDER published a report entitled: What do we know about aid as we approach 2015? It notes the many successes of aid in a variety of sectors, and that in order to remain relevant and effective beyond 2015 aid must learn to deal with, amongst other things, the...
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– Negotiating Closed Doors and Windows of Opportunity
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Urbanization and Development in Asia
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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
Book Chapter
– A Gender Analysis of Community Forestry in South Asia
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Group Behaviour and Development
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– Political Activism, Community Identity, and Group Behaviour
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Group Behaviour and Development
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– Women's Right to Employment in India and Bangladesh
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Women, Culture, and Development
Book Chapter
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Capital, The State And Labour
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Identity Politics and Women
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