This book addresses women's changing role in and contributions to
the Indian labour market. It explores how feminist theories and
frameworks have changed over time and gradually been supplanted by
new ones. The book explores the structural shift in women's
employment from farm to non-farm jobs in services and industries,
both theoretically and empirically. Further, it examines the steady
rise of women in high skilled or 'new economy' sectors like
information and communication technology, electronics and telecom;
and in low skilled work such as domestic work, particularly in
urban areas. It also scrutinizes how emerging sectors of the
economy are experimenting with new forms of employment by changing
the temporal (part-time work, flexible hours), spatial (location of
work) and contractual (temporary contracts) dimensions. Beyond
analysing the above-mentioned aspects, the book discusses perennial
challenges such as patriarchy, socio-cultural norms and
gender-based labour market inequalities across occupations as a
'glass ceiling' or 'sticky floor'. One of the book's most important
contributions is inclusion of detailed labour market statistics for
women, with long-term trends and patterns, as well as comparisons
with other countries and regions. In closing, the book highlights
women's participation in economic and non-economic activities and
related quantification issues, i.e. the invisibility of women's
work, which remains a highly contentious aspect. Given its content,
the book offers a valuable asset for a broad readership including
academics, NGOs, and policymakers. "The subject of low work
participation rates for women has been of concern to economists,
gender specialists and policy makers for decades. This book makes
an important contribution in understanding the role of women in
development and identifies some new policy directions that could be
initiated to facilitate greater employment of women." - Rohini
Nayyar, Former Principal Adviser, Yojana Aayog, Government of India
"This book is timely and extremely relevant to the academic and
policy debates in India. Given the puzzle of low and declining
female labour force participation, it is critical to focus on where
women work, beyond a supply-side perspective. In addition, efforts
are needed to better measure women's work, which is typically
underreported. In both these dimensions, this book makes an
important contribution, which will be valuable for both academics
and policymakers." - Sher Verick, Employment Policy and Analysis
Programme (EPAP) of the International Training Centre (ITC),
International Labour Organization "This book critically examines
both theoretically and empirically the dynamics of changes in
women's participation in and contribution to the fast-transforming
Indian labour market. The aspects covered include the essential
issue of how the new forms of employment are impacting temporal,
spatial and contractual dimensions. An excellent and compulsory
read for academicians and policy-makers involved in gender as well
as labour economics." - Ritu Dewan, Former President, Indian
Association for Women's Studies; Former Director & Professor,
Dept. of Economics, University of Mumbai "The book is a required
addition to the exiting literature on women's work and employment
for its comprehensive and distinctive approach. It is a unique
blend of macro and micro level perspectives and issues capturing
statistics." - Neetha N., Acting Director & Professor, Centre
for Women's Development Studies (CWDS), New Delhi
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