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female labour
February 19, 2021
It’s time to compensate women’s unpaid labour
Traditional gender roles burden women with household work. We need to make efforts to reduce, redistribute, and pay for this labour.
by
Sona Mitra
,
Soumya Kapoor Mehta
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5 min read
February 5, 2021
How can policies for women’s empowerment be more impactful?
In order to succeed, policies for women’s economic empowerment must be designed using a gender lens.
by
Rohit Kumar
,
Sneha Pillai
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7 min read
December 17, 2020
Women don’t value their own work
What happens when informal workers devalue their contributions to the economy?
by
Aiman Haque
,
Max Gallien
,
Vanessa van den Boogaard
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6 min read
January 31, 2020
Are economic systems sexist?
Women’s unpaid care work is the hidden engine that keeps the wheels of our economies, businesses, and societies moving, yet it is not accounted for.
by
Diya Dutta
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4 min read
January 21, 2020
Is having more women in agriculture a good thing?
While the feminisation of agriculture does bring women into the public sphere, it also restricts them to low-paid, labour-intensive jobs.
by
Ishita Mehrotra
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5 min read
November 22, 2019
The untapped potential of microenterprises
Hiring just a few more workers can lead to disproportionate productivity gains for microenterprises.
by
IndiaSpend
,
Shreehari Paliath
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5 min read
November 1, 2019
Life after the garment factory
Many women workers leave factories when they are still relatively young. What happens to them after they leave the sweatshop?
by
Alessandra Mezzadri
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4 min read
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