Region: India

Working Women and Security: Self Employed Women’s Association’s Response to Crisis

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Social Protection for Informal Workers: Insecurities, Instruments and Institutional Mechanisms

Understanding Gender Inequalities in Wages and Incomes in India

India’s National Policy on Urban Street Vendors

India is one of very few countries to have developed a National Policy on Urban Street Vendors. Adopted in 2004, its objective is to promote...

Informality and Gender in the Labour Market for Muslims in India: Has education been a route out of poverty?

Unorganised Sector Workforce in India: Trends, Patterns and Social Security Coverage

Territorial Legends: Politics of Indigeneity, Migration, and Urban Citizenship in Pasighat

Exploring how the policy of protection of indigenous people works on the ground in Pasighat, a town in Arunachal Pradesh, this paper brings...

Sustainable urban development in India: An inclusive perspectiveDevelopment in Practice

Abstract: The mainstream debate on urban development looks either at urban development or sustainable cities, and tends to miss out on people-centred...

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Pune, India

Corporate Capitalism in the Name of Social Security

The many schemes that have been announced in the name of social security are limited in scope and the quantum of security they prefer. The...