Tag Search: “gender”
Is it safe? Threat of sexual violence and women’s decision to work
Despite significant improvements in women's educational attainment and reduced fertility rates, India’s female labour force participation (FLFP) remains among the lowest globally. Using nationally rep...
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Tanika Chakraborty
Nafisa Lohawala
06 September, 2021
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Short-term illness and intra-household labour substitution
For poor, agricultural households, health shocks strain limited resources on medical expenses, and result in loss of potential productive work-days. Based on data from rural India, this article shows ...
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Abhishek Dureja
Digvijay S. Negi
27 August, 2021
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Countering violence against women with awareness creation and self-defence training
The 2019 National Crime Records Bureau report shows a 7.3% increase, compared to 2018, in violence against women, with one in three women being subject to physical, emotional, or sexual violence. In t...
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Chitwan Lalji
Debayan Pakrashi
Sarani Saha
Soubhagya Sahoo
20 August, 2021
- Perspectives
Challenges faced by community health workers in Covid-19 containment efforts
Although community health workers have been the backbone of the fight against Covid-19 in India, there has not been sufficient focus on their well-being and working conditions. Based on a survey in th...
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Somya Bhatia
Stutilina Pal
Devanik Saha
11 August, 2021
- Notes from the Field
She wins: Electing women in ethnically divided societies
The Indian Constitution reserves a minimum of 33% of village council head positions for women, and Bihar is among the nine states that have opted for 50% reservation. This note investigates how gender...
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Arindam Banerjee
Sayan Banerjee
Charles R. Hankla
Kunal Singh
Anjali Thomas
22 July, 2021
- Notes from the Field
Gendering technological change: Evidence from agricultural mechanisation
Rising mechanisation in Indian agriculture has been accompanied by reduction in farm employment in rural areas, particularly for women. This article shows that the observed 32 percentage point increas...
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Farzana Afridi
Monisankar Bishnu
Kanika Mahajan
14 July, 2021
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How has the Covid-19 crisis affected the urban poor? Findings from a phone survey - III
While the devastating impact of the second Covid-19 on public health in India is well-known, there is relatively little evidence on its economic and psychological dimensions. Based on surveys in indus...
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Farzana Afridi
Amrita Dhillon
Sanchari Roy
02 July, 2021
- Notes from the Field
Evolution of dowry in rural India: Evidence from 1960-2008
Despite being illegal since 1961, dowry continues to be a widespread phenomenon in rural India. In the first of a two-part series, this article tracks the evolution of dowry during 1960-2008 across st...
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S. Anukriti
Sungoh Kwon
Nishith Prakash
01 July, 2021
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How dowry influences household decisions in rural India
It is widely believed that Indian parents start saving for dowry as soon as a daughter is born. In the second of a two-part series on dowry in rural India, this article examines how dowry influences h...
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S. Anukriti
Sungoh Kwon
Nishith Prakash
01 July, 2021
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India’s ‘missing girls’: Women’s education and declining child sex-ratios
Although women’s education has been proposed as a solution to the persistent issue of ‘missing girls’ in India, studies have reached contradictory conclusions on the impact of female education on chil...
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Pradeep Chhibber
Francesca R. Jensenius
Susan L Ostermann
30 June, 2021
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Lineage norms and women’s political participation
While reservation for local political representation of women has made major headway, this has not addressed the structural problems that prevent the full incorporation of women into politics. Based ...
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Rachel Brulé
Nikhar Gaikwad
23 June, 2021
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Saas, bahu, and ASHA: Information diffusion in rural Bihar
India has made significant progress in improving maternal and child health outcomes, and the contribution of ASHAs – female community health workers – in promoting healthcare-seeking behaviour is wide...
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Mousumi Dutta
Saswata Ghosh
Zakir Husain
16 June, 2021
- Notes from the Field