International Conference on Changing Contours of Women's Paid and Unpaid Work jointly organised by School of Management and Labour Studies & School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai

In partnership with

International Conference on Changing Contours of Women's Paid and Unpaid Work

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS

Jointly organised by School of Management and Labour Studies & School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai

In Partnership with

ActionAid Association (AAA), Citizens' Rights Collective (CiRiC), European Commission (EC), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), UNI-APRO, International Centre For Development and Decent Work (ICDD), German Academic Exchange (DAAD), Federal Ministry For Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Excellent Centre For Exchange And Development (EXCEED), Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil Corporation of

Patron Prof Shalini Bharat Deans Prof Sasmita Palo School of Management and Labour Studies- Prof Ritambhara Hebbar -School of Development Studies- Prof Vibhuti Patel- Convener Dr. Nandita Mondal- Co-Convener Ms. Ayatakshee Sarkar- Program Coordinator

Organizing Committee

School of Management and School of Development Studies Labour Studies Prof. Sasmita Palo (Dean) Prof Ritambhara Hebbar (Dean) Prof. Bino Paul Prof Vibhuti N. Patel Dr. Sharad T. Sawant Prof Nishi Mitra Prof. Samapti Guha Prof R. Ramakumar Dr. Sarala Rao Prof. Meena Gopal Dr. Varsha Ayyar Dr. Sandya Iyer Dr. Unmesh Patnaik Dr Bindhulakshmi P Dr. Nandita Mondal Dr Aardra Surendran Dr Aman Jageshwar Borkar Dr Gopinath P Dr. Johnson Minz Dr. Sujatha Deverapalli Zafar Khan Pathan Dr. Sujata Chavan Dr. Asha Achutan Prof. Christoph Scherrer Ms. Sangita Thosar Executive Director Ms. Sashikala Mudgal International Centre for Development Ms. Laxmi Banjan and Decent Work Mr. Vishal Kamble University of Kassel, Germany

Editorial Assistants for Book of Abstracts:

Ayatakshee Sarkar, Anantika Mehra, Aastha Kumar, Utpal Gore

Administrative Support : Manali Patil,

Book of Abstracts (design): Mr Vishal Kamble

Contents

Foreword i

Acknowledgements iii

Introduction v

Schedule xv

List of Paper Contributors

No. Title Author Page no.

1. Outsourcing Maternity? Women, Labour, and Aishwarya Chandran 1 Surrogacy

2. The Contribution of Women in the Development of Akhil Kumar Gupta 7 Railway in British India: A Historical Feminist Analysis (1853 A.D. - 1947 A.D.)

3. Existential Struggles of Women Engaged in Informal Alolika Mangal 8 Sectors –An Appraisal from the Perspectives of Gender Inequality Prevailing in Kolkata

4. Women’s Working World: A Mirror to their World Amita Sahaya 11

5. Civil Responses to Livelihood Deficits of Angela D. Akorsu 17 Women Smallholder Farmers in Ghana

6. Women’s Struggle in Trade Unions In Banking Ms. Anjali Bedekar, 21 Industry in India

7. Nature and Forms of Discrimination Experienced by Anuradha Banerjee 26 Women in Urban Labour Market in Delhi

8. The Curious Case of Returning Mothers: A AparnaVarma& 34 Phenomenological Enquiry into the Lived Experiences Rahul Sivarajan, of Working New Mothers

9. Role of Transport Infrastructure on Female Work Apoorva Shukla & 40 Participation and Shifting from Agricultural to Non- Dr. Reshmi R. S. Agricultural Sector

No. Title Author Page no.

10. Ignorance of Women’s Role in Pastoral Economy: Arati Kade 48 Condition of Pastoral Women in Maharashtra

11. Women in Mining Benya, 49

12. An Empirical Investigation on the Role of Gender Ayatakshee Sarkar & 50 Influencing Nonviolence (NV) Behaviour at the Prof. Sasmita Palo Workplace

13. Marginalization of Women in Agriculture and Allied Binay Tudu &Mr. 54 Activities: A study on Sant