Work and Economic Security in the 21st Century: What Can We Learn From Ela Bhatt?
This paper is the result of research on SEWA including an interview with Ela Bhatt, conducted by Edward Webster, Professor Emeritus at the...
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The Absence of State Law: Domestic Workers in IndiaCanadian Journal of Women and the Law
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Interplay of Women, Money and Power: SEWA Members’ Perspective
Talk given at the Conference on ‘Women, Money, Power’ held by Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, October...
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The Micro Political Economy of Gains by Unorganised Workers in India
This review of literature looks at the micro-political mechanisms through which unorganised labour makes gains in wages and conditions of...
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Home-Based Workers in India: Statistics and Trends
This brief presents numbers and analysis of home-based workers in India from 1999-00 to 2011-12. It is based on data collected by the National...
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Health Financing and Delivery in India: An Overview of Selected Schemes
This paper analyzes some of India’s most prominent heath insurance schemes from the perspective of poor informal women workers, a specific...
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Industrial Conflict in India in the Post-Reform Period
The processes of liberalisation, globalisation, and privatisation were expected to weaken the bargaining power of workers vis-à-vis employers...
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Tamil Nadu’s Electronics IndustryEconomic and Political Weekly
India’s information technology hardware segment is heavily dependent on imports of components and finished goods. After surveying Tamil...
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Multiple Shocks and Slum Household Economies in South IndiaEconomy and Society
This research uses a fresh perspective to trace the impact of multiple economic, financial and environmental shocks on slum-dwellers in the...
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Defying NGO-ization?: Lessons in Livelihood Resilience Observed Among Involuntarily Displaced Women in Mumbai, IndiaWorld Development
Summary: This article focuses on how a group of women involuntarily displaced from Mumbai’s slums managed the resulting sizeable disruptions...
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