Poverty and Social Exclusion in India : Women
This brief describes the poverty and social exclusion of Women in India. The last few decades have seen remarkable progress in the status of women and girls, yet the cultural roots of gender inequality are still strong and affect a range of outcomes. The high salaries and independent lifestyles of women in urban India have captured public imagination. Yet progress has been very uneven and slower than would have been expected based on India’s levels of per capita income. Females still have an overall survival deficit in childhood and during their reproductive years and are severely disadvantaged in the labor market. Inequalities in wages are a disincentive for women to work, but they clearly want work!. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is an example of a program that explicitly seeks to provide paid work to poor women. The scheme mandates that at least one-third of workers should be women and makes several provisions to enhance the participation of women. Threats to women’s security also influence the ability of women to access markets and services and claim spaces for themselves. This is an area in which policy can have a huge effect. Making public spaces safe for women is a major step forward in enhancing women’s access to these spaces.
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| Format: | Brief biblioteca |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Subjects: | WOMEN, SOCIETY, CHILD BIRTH, VIOLENCE, WORK, WAGES, EDUCATION, LABOR MARKET, EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE, INEQUALITY, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/514381491905052625/Issue-brief-poverty-and-social-exclusion-in-India-women http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26338 |
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