GLOBALISATION AND LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN: A CASE STUDY OF NELLORE DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH (Final Report Submitted to Dept. of Women & Child Development, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi) December 2004 DR. ALEX GEORGE PH. D Centre for Health and Social Sector Studies 6/8, Shiv Arun Colony, West Marredpally, Secunderabad- 500 026, AP, India vg Tel . 91 - 40 – 27702411, Fax 27709290, Email:
[email protected] GLOBALIGLOBALISATIONSATION AND LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN: A CASE STUDY OF NELLORE DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH (Final Report Submitted to Dept. of Women & Child Development, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi) December 2004 DR. ALEX GEORGE PH. D Assisted bby:y:y:y: K.C. JAYMON M.MOHAMMED RAFI Centre for Health and Social Sector Studies 6/8, Shiv Arun Colony, West Marredpally, Secunderabad- 500 026, AP, India vg Tel . 91 - 40 – 27702411, Fax 27709290, Email:
[email protected] Centre for Health and Social Sector Studies (CHSSS), Secunderabad Page 2 of 45 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Prof. D. Narsimha Reddy, Chairperson, CHSSS, for encouragement Dr. G. Vijaya Kumar, Member Governing Board, CHSSS, for facilitation at Nellore G Malyadri and his team at Jana Vignana Vedika, Nellore for support in data collection Chief Planning Officer, Nellore District for land utilisation statistics Community Co-ordinators, DPIP for statistics on BPL families Dept. of Women & Child Development, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi for the financial support Centre for Health and Social Sector Studies (CHSSS), Secunderabad Page 3 of 45 CONTENTS P.No. Acknowledgment 3 List of Tables 5 List of Graphs 7 Executive Summary 8 Chapter I Introduction & Methodology 12 Chapter II Demographic Information on Women Labourers 17 Chapter III Shift in Crops Cultivated and its Impact on Women’s Employment 21 Chapter IV Other Impacts of Aquafarming 37 Chapter V Conclusion & Recommendations 41 References 45 Centre for Health and Social Sector Studies (CHSSS), Secunderabad Page 4 of 45 LIST OF TABLES Page Table No.