http://164.52.210.154:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1222 2026-10-23T17:40:03Z 2026-10-23T17:40:03Z Mukhopadhyay, Swapna Nandi, Rajib http://164.52.210.154:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1891 2026-09-29T09:22:15Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Unpacking the Assumption of Gender Neutrality: Akshaya Project of the Kerala IT Mission in India Authors: Mukhopadhyay, Swapna; Nandi, Rajib Abstract: Programs and projects that are not targeted to specific population groups often implicitly assume that they have no adverse distributional effects. However, this is hardly ever the case, especially if the intended beneficiary groups are not reasonably homogeneous. There is increasing recognition in development circles that in the absence of informed affirmative action, inequalities in income distribution and human resources can seriously distort the distribution of project outcomes of seemingly neutral projects. Gender experts have been suggesting that similar kinds of distortions can arise also across gender divides, but this has not translated into restructured project designs in any substantive ways. This article is based on a study of a high-profile ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Project of the Kerala (a Southern Indian state) IT Mission—Akshaya. The study finds that there are indeed varied kinds of gender differences in the impact of the project, and that the differences are pretty sharply defined, especially within the entrepreneur group. It also suggests that with a somewhat greater degree of gender sensitivity and some flexibility in the project design, some of the problems that women entrepreneurs have been facing could have been addressed without much trouble even within the existing project design.

2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Sudarshan, Ratna M. http://164.52.210.154:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1890 2026-09-29T09:06:30Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Managing Ecosystems for Women’s Health and Sustainable Development: An Illustration from the Kumaon, Uttaranchal Authors: Sudarshan, Ratna M. Abstract: This paper examines gender issues in natural resource management, based on the experience of mining in the Kumaon, Uttaranchal. The method of analysis followed attempts a breakdown of activity patterns and responsibilities by gender. This is used to identify who gains and who loses with different patterns of resource use. It is observed that women’s protests against mining in this area make the point that the disruption of traditional livelihoods has weakened the ecosystem. Some general observations on appropriate interventions for sustainable resource use and development are derived from this. It is argued that local communities as well as policy makers need much more information and education on the implications of ecosystem health for communities.

2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Bhattacharya, Shrayana http://164.52.210.154:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1889 2026-09-29T08:47:58Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: MARYADA, Membership and Minimum Wage: Collective Action and Intra-Household Relations Authors: Bhattacharya, Shrayana Abstract: Earlier work on the transformative potential of women's groups has investigated the struggles and narratives of the group as a whole, with limited exploration of the linkages between women's participation in larger collective action and their individual experiences of intra-household gender relations. Thus, very little is known about the nature of individual agency exercised by women within their interpersonal relations with family members after entering social movements and labor unions. This paper examines such issues by describing the lived experience of collective action and analyzing SEWA's history in organizing women for minimum wages in the agarbatti (incense sticks) sector. It highlights how adherence to gendered norms also referred to as "maryada"- implying social boundaries relating to women's identities as family and community members within patriarchal institutions - influence the entry, exit and experience of· union membership and collective action. Women are able to participate in collective action, once unionists acknowledge these social boundaries that poor working women deal with via gendered roles, familial expectations and social networks.

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Deshpande, Ashwini http://164.52.210.154:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1881 2026-05-18T11:15:51Z 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Gendered Division of Paid and Unpaid Work: Evidence from India Authors: Deshpande, Ashwini

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