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Gendered Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work of Women in India

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Editors:
  1. Vibhuti Patel

    1. Tata Institute of Social Sciences and SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, India

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  2. Nandita Mondal

    1. School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India

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  • Provides valuable insights into the present and future challenges to women’s work
  • Explores issues such as surrogacy, migrant women, and women’s labour through the gender lens
  • Is based on primary data collection to reflect on multiple marginalities of Indian women

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Vibhuti Patel, Nandita Mondal
    Pages 1-12

  4. Women in the Urban Economy and Regional Diversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Women’s Paid Work as a Bubble of Empowerment: A Case Study of a Social Enterprise Working with Women Artisans

      • Kaniska Singh, Asfia Jamal
      Pages 71-97

    3. Decoding Professional Women: An Analysis of Social Structure and Organisational Role Stress

      • Deepmala Baghel
      Pages 99-118

    4. Gender, Labour and the Social Reproduction of Motherhood: A Study of Commercial Surrogacy in Mumbai

      • Aishwarya Chandran
      Pages 119-132

    5. The Travails of Women Street Entrepreneurs in Aizawl, Mizoram

      • Lalremruati Rodi, Rama Ramswamy
      Pages 133-150

    6. Negotiating Rights for Street Vendors: The Importance of Incorporating a Gender Perspective

      • Gayatri Sharma
      Pages 151-159

    7. Begging or Caste-Based Urban Occupations?

      • Pournima Arvel
      Pages 161-170

    8. Making Visible the Invisible: Women Artists and Herstory

      • Saptam Patel
      Pages 171-182

    9. Breaking Boundaries—Women in Non-traditional Livelihoods as Professional Drivers

      • Radhika Uppal, Amrita Gupta
      Pages 183-201
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About this book

This book explores Indian women's economic contribution through paid and unpaid work in different sectors of the economy and society in extremely diverse life situations and geographical locations. It highlights gender implications of interlinkages between local, national, regional and global dimensions of women's paid and unpaid work in India. It encompasses a vast canvas of life worlds of working women in the metropolitan, urban, peri-urban, rural, tribal areas in manufacturing, agricultural, fisheries, sericulture, plantation and service sectors of the Indian economy. It provides nuanced insights into intersectional marginalities of caste, class, ethnicity, religion and gender. The chapters are based on primary data collection and triangulation of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. It presents the multiple marginalities of Indian women in the globalized political economy of the 21st century. It not only focuses on emerging issues but also suggests evidence-based policy imperatives. This book is an essential read for researchers, scholars, policymakers, practitioners and students of women/gender studies.  

Reviews

“This is an interesting and wide-ranging book … . the book explicitly sets out to offer a critical perspective on women in the workforce in the context of macroeconomic policies and neo-liberal economic globalisation.” (Geeta Balakrishnan, Social Change, Vol. 53 (4), December, 2023)

“The book by Patel and Mondel is treasure of knowledge for anyone who wishes to learn and comprehend ‘women and work’, whether in totality or with respect to any specific segment/domain. It is an eclectic assemblage inclusive of theoretical underpinnings and voices from the rural as well as urban grassroots. A must read for academicians, researchers, students, practitioners from wide disciplines to expand their knowledge and attain holistic understanding on the subject!” (Meenu Anand, The Urban World, Vol. 15 (2), 2022)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Tata Institute of Social Sciences and SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, India

    Vibhuti Patel

  • School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India

    Nandita Mondal

About the editors

Vibhuti Patel is Ph.D. in Economics, University of Mumbai. She was awarded Visiting Fellowship to the London School of Economics and Politcal Science from Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK, in 1992-93. She has authored and co-authored 12 books; edited and co-edited 9 books and contributed over 100 papers as chapters in various books edited by others. She has also authored and co-authored 34 research monographs and reports. Her research papers, comments, commentaries and reviews have been published in the national as well as international academic journals. For E PG Pathshala, UGC, Delhi, she has been a paper coordinator for ‘Women and Economics’ (20 modules) for M.A. Women’s Studies Course, and she has been a writer for 9 modules and reviewer for 11 modules. Video recorded 11 modules. For course on M.A. in Adult, Continuing and Extension Education, she wrote and presented 4 modules, and video recorded 4 modules.


Nandita Mondal is an assistant professor, Centre for Labour Studies, School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and is a trained social worker from Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. She has worked on empowerment of Koli fisherwomen in Mumbai for her Ph.D. from the University of Mumbai. She has worked with government, nongovernment and corporate as well as educational institutions during her professional career across India spanning nearly three decades. Her research interest covers the issues of women in informal labour, women’s work and dignity, cooperative governance and women, child labour and corporate social responsibility.  She has several refereed publications and numerous professional presentations to her credit.




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gendered Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work of Women in India

  • Editors: Vibhuti Patel, Nandita Mondal

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9974-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-9973-3Published: 29 March 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-9976-4Published: 30 March 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-9974-0Published: 25 March 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 277

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Gender Studies, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Development Studies

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