Women and work in South Asia : rights and innovations / edited by Amena Mohsin ... [et al.]

This book is gifted by Niloy Ranjan Biswas.

incl. index.

List of Tables, Figure and Boxes -- Editors and Contributors --Acknowledgements -- Foreword (Anuradha Chenoy) -- Foreword (Felix Kolbitz) -- Introduction / Amena Mohsin, ASM Ali Ashraf, Niloy Ranjan Biswas, and Mohammad Atique Rahman -- Gendered Notions of Unpaid Care Work in Rural Bangladesh: Recognising, Sharing, and Envisioning Probable Trajectories / Meghna Guhathakurta-- Gender and Care Work: Working Experience of Women in Nepal / Bindu Pokharel -- The Journey of Home-Based Women Workers in Pakistan: From Isolation to Unionisation / Saba Gul Khattak -- Women in Domestic Sector in West Bengal: Is There a Future after Pandemic? / Paula Banerjee -- Trafficked Women: Marginalisation, Vulnerabilities, and Legality / Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury -- Indigenous Women and Work: Possibilities in the Age of Globalisation / Ilira Dewan -- Women, Work, and Environment on the Fringe and Frontline of Bangladesh / Philip Gain -- Adapting to Impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Strategies of the Fabulous Females / Syed Jamil Ahmed -- Images of Working Women in Advertising: A Long Road Ahead in India / Madhupa Bakshi, Agnijita Mukherjee -- The Indian Women Migrant Labour Force: A Contemporary Review / Sreeradha Datta -- Migrating beyond Boundaries: Internal and International Women Workers of Bangladesh / Syeda Rozana Rashid -- Women in Work: A Review of Formal Regimes in Bangladesh / Marufa Akter -- Women and the Future of Work in Bangladesh: A Critical Review / Fahmida Khatun, Nudrat Faria Shreya -- Conclusion / Amena Mohsin, ASM Ali Ashraf, Niloy Ranjan Biswas, and Mohammad Atique Rahman -- Annexes -- Index

"This book examines the discourse of South Asian women’s work and employment trends through the lens of rights and innovations. It has 13 chapters. The contributors take a broad geographical canvas and diverse thematic areas to study how various changes in their work sectors influence women’s rights, and how women innovate and adopt innovative ways to steer through their personal and professional lives. Reflecting on women’s lives and work experiences from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, the studies also demonstrate the renewed demands for implementing a right-based framework due to excelled automation in the industries and different work sectors. Findings reveal the precarious conditions in formal and informal sectors that had often neglected equitable outcomes for women workers coming from the plains and the hills, rural and urban areas, and pursuing migratory journeys at home and abroad. The book generates a set of policy lessons for the State, private sector, non-profits, and international development partners."--Book Jacket