Farzana Afridi is Professor at the Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi), Visiting Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto and Head, Digital Labour and Women’s Economic Empowerment Programme
Dynamic policymaking can ensure that India grabs this golden opportunity presented by the shifting global scenario to foster a boom in its education sector
We await more granular, recent data on women’s time use to better understand how much of the rise in women’s work participation is attributable to methodological changes in the PLFS survey and how much of it is a real, meaningful change in Indian women’s time allocation
With creation of jobs continuing to be a challenge, vocational training together with access to credit and legal support can enhance quality of self-employment and entrepreneurial activity
Segregation only makes minority communities easier targets during communal violence, but it also negatively impacts their access to public goods, health, and education services across and within cities.
A new government will soon be taking up the challenge of making India viksit by 2047. What key policies can it adopt to propel us towards gender parity in socio-economic outcomes?
Considering the health and time-saving benefits, particularly for the women and children in low-income families, the benefits of an upfront refill subsidy are likely to be huge
Evidence from gender quotas in panchayats suggests that exposure to women political leaders weakens traditional gender stereotypes of their role in society and within the home. Greater public visibility of women creates a role model effect for younger women
India can ill afford educated women staying out of the workforce. Changing norms and attitudes of men is critical to increasing women’s participation and reducing their occupational segregation
The Centre has created a bureaucratic structure accountable to the Ministry of Rural Development and that may deliver the right outcomes in the short run, but it remains to be seen how to manage this in the longer run.
