Tag Search: “gender”
Women empowerment in nutrition: Do women really have a say in preparing and providing food?
Decision-making capacity of women within the household and in the community is considered to be a reflection of their empowerment. In this note, Sweta Bhusan discusses one dimension of decision-makin...
- Sweta Bhusan
- 13 September, 2017
- Notes from the Field
How female foeticide has influenced fertility and parental investments in girls
The introduction of ultrasound technology in India has been documented to have led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. However, this column finds that it also decreased son-biased ...
- S Anukriti Sonia Bhalotra Hiu Fung
- 11 September, 2017
- Articles
Encountering deprivations in the field
Several women in India face domestic violence, are not allowed to work, and need to seek permission from husbands or in-laws to carry out basic tasks. In this note, Singhal and Vernekar share their e...
- Karan Singhal Nisha Pankaj Vernekar
- 07 September, 2017
- Notes from the Field
Moving in or dropping out? India's female migrants and urban labour force integration
One important, yet understudied, constraint to female labour force participation is women’s inability to successfully migrate to where the jobs are – cities.
- Charity Troyer Moore Rohini Pande Soledad Prillaman
- 31 August, 2017
- IGC Research on India
Political decentralisation, female leadership, and health in rural Bihar
Political decentralisation and female representation in governance are known to improve social welfare by influencing policy decisions in favour of women and children. Analysing data from rural Bihar,...
- Santosh Kumar Nishith Prakash
- 23 August, 2017
- Articles
Changes in the nature of female workforce participation in India
Declining female workforce participation in India is a matter of grave concern, and a puzzle in the face of increased overall economic growth. This column shows that although the proportion of working...
- P.C. Mohanan
- 14 July, 2017
- Articles
The demographic impact of extended paid maternity leave in Bangladesh
In March 2017, Indian Parliament passed the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 extending paid maternity leave to 26 weeks. This column analyses the impact of extension of paid maternity leave i...
- Salma Ahmed
- 14 June, 2017
- Articles
Smart policy for women's economic empowerment in South Asia
In this article, Jennifer Johnson and Nalini Gulati highlight the different trajectories of women’s economic empowerment across South Asia, based on a recent policy dialogue hosted by Evidence for Po...
- Nalini Gulati Jennifer Johnson
- 18 April, 2017
- Perspectives
Cash transfers to end child marriage: The Indian experience
For over two decades, policymakers in India have been experimenting with conditional cash transfers to address the issue of child marriage. In this article, Amin et al. contend that financial incenti...
- Sajeda Amin M Niaz Asadullah Sara Hossain Zaki Wahhaj
- 10 April, 2017
- Perspectives
Kanyashree Prakalpa in West Bengal: Justification and evaluation
Kanyasree Prakalpa is a conditional cash transfer scheme of the Government of West Bengal that offers scholarship to adolescent girls for continuing education and remaining unmarried until the age of ...
- Arijita Dutta Anindita Sen
- 31 March, 2017
- IGC Research on India
Getting India's women into the workforce: Time for a smart approach
In this article, Rohini Pande, the Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, contends that raising India’s stubbornly low rate of female labour force participation will req...
- Rohini Pande
- 10 March, 2017
- Perspectives
Women and work in Asia: Insights for India's low female labour force participation
In this article, Sher Singh Verick, Deputy Director, ILO’s Decent Work Team for South Asia and Country Office for India, shows how India compares with other countries in Asia as well as with other de...
- Sher Singh Verick
- 08 March, 2017
- Perspectives