Resilience of gender inequities: women and employment in Chennai
By: Jeyaranjan, J.
Contributor(s): Swaminathan, Padmini.
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ArticlePublisher: 1999Description: p.WS2-11.Subject(s): Womens employment - India - Tamil Nadu | Womens employment
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Economic and Political WeeklySummary: Policies to increase women's wage employment often choose to take the easy way out by facilitating the setting up of industries that are seen to be compatible with women's household responsibilities rather than address the constraints that force women to, in fact, work in so-called women's work. This paper attempts to map the diffused manner in which wage earning women workers experience oppression which is the outcome of the interplay of both patriarchal structures and capitalist relations of production. The location of the study is Ambattur in Chennai, one of the oldest industrial belts in Tamil Nadu. - Reproduced
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 34, Issue no: 16-17 | Available | AR41021 |
Policies to increase women's wage employment often choose to take the easy way out by facilitating the setting up of industries that are seen to be compatible with women's household responsibilities rather than address the constraints that force women to, in fact, work in so-called women's work. This paper attempts to map the diffused manner in which wage earning women workers experience oppression which is the outcome of the interplay of both patriarchal structures and capitalist relations of production. The location of the study is Ambattur in Chennai, one of the oldest industrial belts in Tamil Nadu. - Reproduced
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