Explore the multifaceted roles of women in the economy, from productive & reproductive work to migration and globalization. Learn about challenges, debates, and policies shaping women’s labor and understand the importance of their economic contributions for a more equitable world.
Explore the gendered definition of ‘work,’ unpaid labor’s impact, India’s female labor force, and ILO’s decent work agenda for equality.
Explore the hidden economy of unpaid household work, traditionally done by women, and its impact on gender inequality and economic systems.
Explore the unseen ‘Care Economy’: How unpaid women’s work shapes our society, fuels inequality, and impacts GDP. Discover the real economic engine.
Explore the under-enumeration of women’s work, its impact on economies, gender equality, and the challenges in measuring informal labor.
Explore the invisible work women do globally and its impact on equality, economics, and policy. Uncover hidden biases and solutions.
Explore feminist debates on women’s work, from classical economics to the gig economy. Uncover hidden contributions & fight for fair value.
Explore the economic invisibility of women’s labor, from unpaid care work to subsistence farming, and the push for a holistic definition of work.
Explore how traditional economics overlooked women’s unpaid work, shaping inequalities and impacting GDP. Discover the ‘double burden’ & its effects.
Explore feminist economics: Understand the care economy, challenge mainstream models, & promote well-being beyond GDP.
Explore productive vs. reproductive work: Understand how unpaid labor impacts gender equality, economics, & women’s roles in the workforce.
Explore feminist economics: Unpaid care work, its impact on women, and the conflict between capital accumulation and social well-being.
Explore the care economy: Why unpaid work, mostly by women, is vital but uncounted in GDP. Discover its true economic value and impact.
Explore how GDP overlooks unpaid work, mainly by women, and how new satellite accounts are measuring this hidden economic value.
Explore valuing unpaid work: Understand methods like input/output, time-use surveys, & wage rates. See how it impacts economies & policies.
Explore how Time Use Surveys & Household Expenditure Surveys reveal the hidden value of unpaid work, predominantly done by women.
Unpaid work & time poverty disproportionately affect women. Learn how time-use data & public policy can create equality & boost economies.
Explore labor market segmentation & its impact on women. Learn about divided workforce, inequality, & pathways to integration for a unified economy.
Explore India’s gender wage gap: Understand pay inequality, its causes (like segregation & bias), and solutions for achieving true wage equality.
Explore India’s workforce: a 3-tiered pyramid of secure elite, formal employees, & the vast informal sector. Understand gender disparity & job challenges.
Explore India’s Census data (1991-2001) to understand Work Participation Rate, main vs. marginal workers, gender gaps, and economic shifts.
Explore India’s unorganized sector & women’s work through NSSO data. Learn about OAMEs, NDMES, DMEs & their impact on economic policy.
Explore India’s informal economy: the struggles & resilience of women entrepreneurs, home-based workers, & their fight for economic rights.
Explore gender economics: women’s role in the economy, wage gaps, unpaid work, & global benchmarks for equality.
Explore the global balancing act of work, family, & gender roles. Uncover hidden economic issues, unpaid labor, & glass ceilings impacting women.
Explore the feminization of poverty: Understand its causes, impact, and solutions to global gender inequality and empower women.
Explore the history & present of women in academia. Uncover biases, leaky pipelines, pay gaps & subject segregation in higher education.
Explore the challenges faced by women in the informal economy & solutions for social protection, unpaid work, & gender equality.
Explore India’s female labor force participation: From Nehru’s vision to statistical debates on defining ‘work’ and counting women’s contributions.
Explore India’s unorganized sector: the realities, challenges, & vital contributions of its women workforce. Shram Shakti report & more.
Explore the challenges facing women in India’s unorganized sector: low wages, mechanization, lack of training, and exclusion from labor laws.
Explore the history of Indian women in the workforce, their journey, motivations, and impact on India’s organised sector since independence.
Explore India’s Five-Year Plans and their evolving view of women, from welfare recipients to drivers of development and empowerment.
Explore the challenges & triumphs of Indian working women navigating culture, career, & globalization. Understand the complex realities they face.
Explore India’s declining female workforce: reasons behind the drop despite rising GDP & education. Understand the complex economic & social factors.
Explore women’s work in India through intersectionality: caste, class, & globalization’s impact on opportunities & inequality.
Explore the impact of neoliberalism on women workers in global factories, especially in India, and the complexities of labor in the modern economy.
Explore the “Indian paradox”: Educated women face labor market gaps. Discover solutions for leveraging talent, industry changes, & workplace culture.
Explore the struggles & resilience of women in the informal economy. Learn how they’re fighting for economic justice & rewriting the rules.
Explore the history of women’s labor movements, Marxist theory, and barriers women face in unionizing, like unpaid domestic work.
Explore women’s pivotal labor fights: 1860 shoe strike & 1938 garment workers’ victory. Class, race, & gender shaped economic change.
Explore women’s empowerment through organizing in informal economies. Discover SEWA, Brazil’s domestic worker rights, & Bangalore’s KDWU.
Explore indigenous women’s resistance in India against corporate land grabs, focusing on the POSCO & Vedanta struggles in Odisha.
Explore how traditional economics overlooks women’s unpaid labor, impacting policy and GDP. Discover statistical innovations like Code 93.
Explore India’s female work participation: Understanding LFPR, rural-urban divides, and the reasons behind the declining numbers.
Explore India’s low female workforce participation: Causes, census data, rural-urban divide, and the ‘de-feminisation’ trend explained.
Explore India’s female labor force participation: socio-cultural factors, economic needs, education, and the future of work for women.
Explore the world of Indian women in the organised sector: progress, challenges, trends, and the skilled vs. unskilled divide.
Explore the struggles & resilience of Indian women in the unorganized sector. Learn about their role, health hazards, exploitation & the path forward.
Explore women’s diverse roles in India’s economy: agriculture, crafts, STEM, media, and challenges they face. From fields to tech, their story unfolds.
Explore India’s urbanization: the rural-to-urban shift, economic growth, and historical factors shaping cities since the 20th century.
Explore urbanization: demographic shifts, economic drivers like migration, & the crucial role of urban planning for sustainable growth.
Explore India’s surprising 2011 Census results: accelerated urbanization, economic growth, and the shifting urban-rural divide.
Explore urbanization’s paradox: cities as economic engines strained by growth. Understand challenges & build sustainable, livable urban centers.
Explore India’s urbanization paradox: Why 1960s migration patterns reveal a “push to and fro” between rural poverty and urban precarity.
Explore Indian migration patterns: How gender, marriage, and jobs drive movement across cities and states, revealing social and economic shifts.
Explore the social & economic impacts of migration: uneven development, housing crises, infrastructure collapse & disappearing landscapes.
Explore the rise of female migration in India, their vital role in urban economies, and the challenges they face in the informal sector.
Explore India’s unorganised sector: its economic role, worker challenges, gender dynamics, and formalisation debate.
Explore India’s workforce: from the elite 1% to the 93% in the unorganized sector. Understand the economic divide and social security challenges.
Explore India’s vast unorganized manufacturing sector: OAMEs, NDMEs, DMEs, and their critical role in employment & the “Make in India” initiative.
Explore India’s unorganized manufacturing: a vital sector with a gender divide, precarious work, and the challenge of supporting women entrepreneurs.
Explore India’s unorganized manufacturing sector: OAMEs, NDMEs, DMEs. Discover growth challenges & opportunities for urban micro-entrepreneurs.
Explore the evolving meaning of “occupation,” from historical subsistence to modern market economies & the value of paid vs. unpaid work.
Explore how the Industrial Revolution redefined “work,” impacting women’s economic visibility and shaping global economies.
Explore the hidden world of unpaid work & its impact on women, economies, & policy. Uncover the statistical flaws hiding women’s contributions.
Explore occupational segregation: How women are globally clustered in lower-paying jobs, from “pink-collar” roles to agriculture and garment work.
Explore occupational segregation: how gender, stereotypes, and biases shape jobs, pay gaps, and the economy. Understand horizontal & vertical divides.
Explore occupational segregation: Understand horizontal & vertical barriers hindering gender equality in jobs, pay, & leadership roles.
Explore occupational segregation: uncover the forces behind gendered jobs, pay gaps, and the impact of social norms on career choices.
Explore occupational segregation and the gender pay gap: How ‘women’s work’ is devalued, crowding hypothesis, and global income disparity data.
Explore the transformative power of women’s paid work: economic security, empowerment, societal growth, and unlocking potential.
Explore policies to dismantle occupational segregation, boost women’s economic empowerment, ensure equal pay, and foster safe workplaces.
Learn about migration: definition, types (permanent, temporary), senders & receivers, and its impact on population & society.
Explore migration theories: Ravenstein, Lee, Stouffer, Gravity & Todaro models explain why people move and shape cities. Understand migration patterns.
Explore migration’s push & pull factors: economics, social ties, politics, & environment. Understand why people leave home.
Explore migration in India: internal vs. international, rural vs. urban, short-term vs. long-term, and skilled vs. unskilled movement.
Explore migration through a feminist lens: intersectionality, gender roles, female-headed households, and migrant women as agents of change.
Explore the complex link between migration and inequality, from income gaps to remittances reshaping societies globally.
Explore seasonal labor migration in India: power shifts, debt traps, gender inequality, and the COVID-19 crisis. Understand migration’s impact on inequality.
Explore how migration reshapes societies: cultural exchange, economic shifts, ethnic enclaves, and the factors driving lasting social transformation.
Explore how migration reshapes gender roles, impacting women’s autonomy, work, & family across borders. Discover empowerment & challenges.
Explore the dark side of the global economy: sex trafficking’s history, impact on women, poverty links, and how to fight modern slavery.
Explore the Palermo Protocol: the landmark treaty combating human trafficking. Learn its history, definition, debates, and impact on global efforts.
Explore human trafficking in India: vulnerability factors, social inequalities, cultural practices, economic drivers, and environmental impacts.
Explore the complex links between migration, development, and gender, including migrant experiences, remittances, and COVID-19 impacts.
Explore the gendered impact of migration: How women’s remittances shape economies, challenge norms, and face pandemic vulnerabilities.
Explore skilled migration, brain drain’s impact, the feminization of migration, and global care chains. Understand the economic and social effects.
Explore global labor migration: remittances, worker rights, refugee aid, and the challenges of balancing economic gains with human dignity.
Explore social protection: Understand its meaning, impact on development, and how it addresses vulnerability, risk, and inequality.
Explore India’s social protection history, from ancient welfare concepts to modern policies addressing poverty, food security, and inequality.
Explore social protection: who provides safety nets during crises? State, NGOs, family roles, & how they’re shifting amid globalization.
Explore social protection: poverty reduction, insurance, & labor programs. Learn about cash transfers, food security, and building resilience.
Explore 4 approaches to social protection: protective, preventive, promotional & transformative. Learn how they combat poverty & empower communities.
Explore India’s evolution from welfare to rights-based social protection. Learn about key legislation like MGNREGA and challenges in implementation.
Explore gender-responsive social protection: addressing inequalities women face in poverty, health, and economic security.
Explore India’s Constitution & social protection: Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, affirmative action & the ongoing quest for equality.
Explore India’s Public Interest Litigation (PIL) & Article 21’s expanded “right to life,” empowering the voiceless & shaping socio-economic rights.
Explore India’s labor laws protecting women’s rights: equal pay, maternity benefits, workplace safety, wage security & financial protection.
Explore gender-sensitive Indian workplaces: laws, facilities (crèche, sanitation), night shift rules & challenges for working women’s equality.
Explore India’s social security system: laws, schemes, & challenges protecting organized & unorganized workers. Learn about ESI, gratuity, & more.