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WP 2004-06 April 2004 Working Paper Department of Applied Economics and Management Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-7801 USA REALITY AND ANALYSIS PERSONAL AND TECHNICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE WORKING LIVES OF SIX WOMEN Editors: Martha Chen, Renana Jhabvala, Ravi Kanbur, Nidhi Mirani, Karl Osner Contributors: Kaushik Basu, Suman Bery, Ela Bhatt, Françoise Carré, Nancy Chau, Martha Chen, Gary Fields, Ravi Kanbur, Frances Lund, Karl Osner, Carol Richards, Jeemol Unni, Imraan Valodia It is the Policy of Cornell University actively to support equality of educational and employment opportunity. No person shall be denied admission to any educational program or activity or be denied employment on the basis of any legally prohibited discrimination involving, but not limited to, such factors as race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, age or handicap. The University is committed to the maintenance of affirmative action programs which will assure the continuation of such equality of opportunity. Reality and Analysis Personal and Technical Reflections on the Working Lives of Six Women April, 2004 Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Exposure and Dialogue Program Gujarat, January 10-15, 2004 Editors: Martha Chen, Renana Jhabvala, Ravi Kanbur, Nidhi Mirani, Karl Osner Contributors: Kaushik Basu, Suman Bery, Ela Bhatt, Françoise Carré, Nancy Chau, Martha Chen, Gary Fields, Ravi Kanbur, Frances Lund, Karl Osner, Carol Richards, Jeemol Unni, Imraan Valodia Abstract: A group of development analysts – researchers, activists, and practitioners - engaged in an unusual exercise in early 2004. They had a dialogue about labor market, trade and poverty issues, but they preceded the dialogue with exposure to the realities of the lives of six remarkable women in Gujarat: Dohiben, Kalavatiben, Kamlaben, Kesarben, Leelaben and Ushaben.
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