Essays about: "working women in india"

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1. 1. Determinants of Intimate Partner SexualViolence against Women in India

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för hälsovetenskap

   Author : Madeleine Back; [2020]
   Keywords : gender-based violence; rural; socio-demographics; public health; sexual violence against women; urban;

   Abstract : Intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) is a public health problem andprimarily affects women. Almost 30% of all women who have been in arelationship with a man, have experienced physical or sexual violence by theirpartner in their life. READ MORE

3. 2. Empowerment in the Garment Industry : A Study on Home-Based Workers in Delhi, India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Charlotte Hellström; [2020]
   Keywords : Empowerment; global garment industry; home-based work; SEWA;

   Abstract : India is becoming one of the biggest garment producers in the world and at the bottom of the industry women can often be found working from their homes because of norms restricting them what to do and where to go. These women often work under middlemen who take advantage of their disempowerment. READ MORE

4. 3. What’s the problem with Women not Working? A Critical Analysis of the Skill India Development Mission & Explanations on Female Labor Force Participation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Brännström; [2020]
   Keywords : economic development; female labor force participation; gender equality; labor force participation; policy analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study analyses the Skill India Development Missions ways to increase female labor force participation and economic development. Previous research finds that the low rates of women working in India, in times of rising economic growth and education, are driven by supply, demand, or data related factors. READ MORE

5. 4. Social worker's experiences of working with women in sex work and their children : A qualitative study conducted in the organization Saheli Sangh

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   Author : Olivia Gran; Ida Jardstedt; Amenaghawon Ogbomo; [2019]
   Keywords : Women in sex work; children of sex workers; attachment; stigma; social constructionism; social worker s perspective of sex work; Kvinnor i sexarbete; barn till sexarbetare; anknytning; stigma; social konstruktionism; socialarbetares perspektiv av sexarbete;

   Abstract : In India, the estimated number of people in sex work is high - figures show an appraisal of three million female sex workers. Most women who enter sex work tend to be very young and do so due to severe economic circumstances. READ MORE

6. 5. CAPABILITIES INSIDE FOUR WALLS : A qualitative field study on the capabilities and freedoms for women in a developing context challenging the approach of Amartya Sen

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Olivia Jakobsson; Talvin Kaur Logani; [2019]
   Keywords : Amartya Sen; Martha Nussbaum; Feminism; Power; Capabilities; India; Women;

   Abstract : The ‘’capability approach’’, developed by the Indian economist Amartya Sen, has been widely used in the field of development and has contributed a perception of development that is different from the traditional understanding of it. Despite this, the theory has received a great amount of feminist critique and it has been concluded that the field lacks empirical data on how women in developing countries can be fully understood from the approach of Sen. READ MORE