Unseen Workers
Episode 5: Unseen Workers
For our fifth episode of FAS Young Scholars Corner, we spoke to R. Vijayamba, a PhD student at the Indian Statistical Institute (Bangalore) about the critical and often unseen role rural women play in India’s livestock economy.
Unseen Workers
Episode 5: Unseen Workers
For our fifth episode of FAS Young Scholars Corner, we spoke to R. Vijayamba, a PhD student at the Indian Statistical Institute (Bangalore) about the critical and often unseen role rural women play in India’s livestock economy.
Reading List:
1. Understanding Women’s Work Using Time-Use Statistics: The Case of India – Indira Hirway and Sunny Jose.
2. Women’s Role in the Livestock Economy – Madhura Swaminathan and Yoshifumi Usami.
3. Gender and Livestock: Key Issues, Challenges and Opportunities – Jemimah Njuki and Pascal Sanginga
4. Gender Asset and Wealth Gaps: Evidence from Karnataka – Hema Swaminathan, Rahul Lahoti, Suchitra J. Y.
5. The Female of the Species: Women and Dairying in India – Shanti Georg.
Host: Nihira
Music Credits: Difference – Ketsa
Image Credits: FAS PARI Photo Archives
Disclaimer: The views presented in these episodes are based on research of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the Foundation’s research findings.