Bearing the Brunt

Impact of Rural Distress on Women
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-81-7829-925-9
Verlag: Sage Publications India

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 416 g

This book refutes the rising general perception that the gender gap in India is decreasing.

The argument is strengthened by calculating the gender gap index at two time periods and providing quantitative information along with information pertaining to numerous case studies.

Selecting relevant welfare indicators and focusing on the neglected dimensions of gender equity, Bearing the Brunt: Impact of Rural Distress on Women discusses the gendered impact of rural economic distress with respect to employment, agricultural production, natural resource management and food security. It shows that women are bearing the brunt of the increase in rural economic distress at the turn of the century, with spillover effects on their physical and social wellbeing. The gender gap index shows a widening of the gender gap in welfare between mid-nineties and this decade. The discourse is based on official statistics obtained mainly from the National Sample Survey and the Census of India.

This book will be an excellent reference source for researchers working in the fields of development economics, health, education and welfare economics and gender studies. It will also add value to the programmes of government departments, NGOs, and other institutions that are working in the fields of women and child welfare, rural development, equitable growth and gender parity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vepa, Swarna S

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - M S Swaminathan
Introduction

Marginalization of Rural Workforce

Shrinking Land Base

Rising Indebtedness

Declining Profitability of Farming

Women's Access to Technology

Women's Access to Land and Water Resources

Implications for Productivity Enhancement in Agriculture
Women's Involvement with Natural Resources

Types of Natural Resource Conservation Efforts

Women in Natural Resource Management Programmes

Benefits from Women's Participation in the Natural Resource Management

Labour Force Participation and Work Participation of Women

Type of Employment Available to Women

Women's Paid Work and Unpaid Work

Unemployment and Wage Differentials

Micro-Credit and the Self-help Groups

Widening Gender Gap

Reasons for Widening Gender Gap

Über Autor(innen)

Vepa, Swarna S
Swarna S Vepa is currently Visiting Professor, Madras School of Economics. Earlier, she has been the Programme Director and Ford Foundation Chair of Women and Sustainable Food Security at the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai. She is a former researcher and faculty member at Delhi University, the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University Enclave, and researcher at Bombay University. Dr Vepa also held the position of Senior Executive at the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry in New Delhi. Her fields of specialization include gender issues in agriculture, agricultural stability and sustainability, and reforms related to poverty, inequality, and employment. Dr Vepa is involved with policy reports, publications, and advocacy in India and Asia. She has contributed to a number of publications such as Gender, Food, Security and Rural Livelihoods, edited by Maithreyi Krishnaraj (2007) Stree, Kolkata and Halving Hunger: It Can be Done (UN Millennium Project) edited by Pedro Sanchez, M.S. Swaminathan, Philip Dobie, Nalan Yuksel (2005). She was responsible for bringing out the three Food Security Atlases published by MSSRF and WFP in 2001, 2002, and 2004.