Women's Work in the Unorganized Sector: Issues of Exploitation and Globalisation in the Beedi Industry

ISBN-13: 9781032330563 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 190 str.

Society for Empowerment through Environment Rekha (Director

Opis

This book probes into the beedi industry, a highly gendered and class-divided unorganised sector in India. It introduces an analysis of the lives, health status and work of the Indian women and girl children in the industry and discusses the role of gender constructions in shaping the conceptions about men and women at work.

Spis treści

Preface.Acknowledgements.Part A. 1: Introduction. 2: The Beedi industry: Structure and Organization. 3: Women’s work in the Unorganised sectors- Issues of Marginalisation and Globalisation. 4: Child work and Child Labour. 5: Anti-tobacco history and control. 6: The Region: The Field. Part B: The Study. 7: The Beedi worker: Socio Economic profile. 8:  Beedi Making at home and at the Work shed. 9. Invisible labour: The Girl child worker. 10: Beedi making, health and disease. 11: Narratives of Vulnerability and Exploitation.12: Conclusions and the way forward. Bibliography. Part C: Appendix 1. Map of Telangana with the three regions , Armoor, Balkonda and Nizamabad and Hyderabad Urban area. 2. A list of few Beedi factories in Telangana. Index

O autorze

Rekha Pande is Professor of History and Women’s Studies. She is a Professor Emeritus, Henry Martin Institute, International Centre for Research, Interfaith Relations and Reconciliation, Hyderabad. She is the former Head, Centre for Women's Studies and Former Head, Department of History, University of Hyderabad, India.