SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES
Workforce Participation – The Gender Gap
by Dr. Ankita Gupta
ISBN Number : 978-163102059-9
Authors Details
Author Name | Image | About Author |
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Dr. Ankita Gupta | Dr. Ankita Gupta is currently Assistant professor in the
Department of Economics, Mahatma Gandhi K ashi
Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh since Dec.2005 . She has
been teaching both Analytical and Quantitative Economics in
UG, PG, M.Phil and Pre-PhD Coursework .She is an Alumni of
Allahabad University from where she was awarded the PhD.
degree in Economics on the topic, 'The Buoyancy and
Elasticity of Central Government Taxes in India Since 1971'
under the guidance of Prof. Jagdish Narayan presently Dean
Faculty of Commerce, Allahabad University, Allahabad. She is
Master of Ceremony holder in PG Economics at Allahabad University in 2000. She has also
worked as Research Assistant in two projects on SGRY and Rural Housing at G.B.Pant Social
Science Research Institute in 2004.She has a remarkable academic participation in the last
ten years, some of the enumerable ones are- Presentation at the International Conference of
Queens' College London and IIM –Bangalore(2009), IGIDR-Mumbai (2009),Kalyani
University , Kolkatta(2009) Participation in Refresher Course at NIPFP-New Delhi (2008),
Participation in UNDP –IGIDR organized Young Scholar's Program (2009),Orientation
Course –Shimla University (2010) , Research Writing cum methodology Workshop at Jamia
Millia Islamia- New Delhi (2010), Interdisciplinary Refresher Course in BHU-Varanasi
(2014). She has guided one PhD, entitled Scanning of and Re |
Book Description
Despite worshiping and paying respect to women in mythology and historical texts, gender disparities vary vastly across cultural, geographical and historical context. Another line of thought in development literature has promoted 'social inclusion' in the institutions as the key pathway to empowerment of individuals and capitalism top-down approaches to development and /or poverty itself are seen as sources of disempowerment. This process of social inclusion was viewed as a process that removes the institutional barriers and the enhancement of incentives to increase the access of diverse individuals and groups to assets and development opportunities (Beteta Hanny,2006) The development issues related to women in a large country like India will not only be inappropriate but sometimes even misleading. Women specific and women related legislations have been enacted to safeguard the rights and interest of women, besides protecting against discrimination, violence, and atrocities and also to prevent socially undesirable practices. Despite the constitutional mandate of equal legal status for the girl child, the same is yet to be realized. The dejure laws have not been translated into defacto situation for various reasons such as illiteracy, social practices, prejudices, cultural norms based on patriarchal values, poor representation of women in policy-making, poverty, regional disparity in development, lack of access and opportunity to information and resources etc. According to the Uttar Pradesh Govt. sources, female life expectancy is less than 55 years and the under-five mortality rate is as high as 141 per thousand. The present work on women participation in workforce aims to focus on some of the core issues inhibiting women empowerment that are actually left out in various discussions, seminars and publication pertaining to Women Empowerment. The first chapter presents an overview on the status of women employment and empowerment situation in India; it discusses the various reports and studies on women empowerment national as well as international.