Women’s Work and Globalisation: A Bibliography (1990-2011)

Dear Friends,

The CWDS Library has compiled a bibliography on "Women’s Work and Globalisation: A Bibliography (1990-2011) /compiled by Anju Vyas and Akhlaq Ahmed” under its “CWDS Library Resources Series; XI”. 

The bibliography presents material on diverse aspects of women’s work and employment in the light of changing of economic policies and globalisation. The bibliography contains the references available in the CWDS Library both published as well as unpublished in a variety of formats.

The bibliography covers the material from 1990 to 2011 and contains 668 entries. It is divided into three parts. The first part contains 367 entries from books, analytics (chapters from the edited books),reports and institutional papers while second part contains over 300 entries from periodical articles. The third part has three indexes i.e. Personal and Corporate Author Index; Keyword Index; and Geographical Area Index to facilitate easy retrieval.

We hope this effort will be helpful to those working and interested in the area of Women’s Work and Employment.

The bibliography can be downloaded at our website: http://www.cwds.ac.in/library/services/bib.html

For more information, please contact:

Ms. Anju Vyas
Librarian
Centre for Women's Development Studies
25 Bhai Vir Singh Marg (Gole Market)
New Delhi 110 001.
Tel: 91-11-32226930, 32226931 - Fax: 91-11-23346044
E-mail: cwdslib@vsnl.net; library@cwds.ac.in
Website: www.cwds.ac.in/library/library.htm

With warm wishes.

Yours sincerely,

Anju Vyas

Invitation: National Consultation on ‘Strategizing Advocacy for Effective Implementation of Women Friendly Laws’ 12th July, 2012

 Greetings from Women Power Connect!

The last decade has seen many women friendly laws enacted, strengthening the efforts of women groups who have been relentlessly working towards women empowerment with justice and dignity.

Despite the numerous legal mechanisms in place, such as PWDV Act, PCPNDT Act, PCM Act etc., there is a steep increase in crime against women across the country. There is an urgent need for civil society and government departments to collectively take steps for ensuring effective implementation of these laws, so they could be made accessible to women. 

Keeping this in mind, WomenPowerConnect (WPC), with the support of National Commission for Women (NCW), organized five regional level workshops in Udaipur, Rajasthan, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Guwahati and Chandigarh to reflect on the experiences in different states and to deliberate upon the interventions.

As a culmination of all the regional level meetings held in five regions, WPC –NCW are organizing National level Consultation on 12th July, 2012 at India Habitat Centre, Gulmohar Conference hall, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The workshop would have representatives from NCW, other concerned government departments, State Commissions, legal experts, research institutions and Civil Society Organizations from different states.

  

You are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend and participate in the deliberations.

 

Below we have given a response Performa; we would request you to fill in the details and send it back to us. We would be awaiting a line of confirmation.

Thank you.

Best Regards

Dr. N. Hamsa

Executive Director

Performa Name of the organisation: Name of Person: Address: Mobile No. Telephone No.

You can reach us at

WomenPowerConnect

A 1/271, First Floor

Safdarjung Enclave

New Delhi 110 029

Ph: 91-11-42705170/71/72
www.womenpowerconnect.org

Training Programme on Migration and Development Issues and Perspectives

Training Programme on Migration and Development Issues and Perspective to be held from July 02-05, 2012 at VVGNLI Campus, NOIDA

Detailed Programme notification can be downloaded from the V V Giri National Labour Institute website:

http://www.vvgnli.org/July_12.pdf

Women has right to Husband's residence

A Delhi Sessions Court has observed that a woman cannot be denied her right to reside in the house of her husband on the allegation that she is having an extra marital affair when such allegation is yet to be established. The Court made the observation while securing the right of woman working in a private university to stay in her husband's rented accommodation. The Court ruled that she was entitled to right to residence in her husband's newly rented property till such times as the divorce case filed by him was resolved.

Source: Rashtra Mahila, Vol. 1, No. 151, February 2012(Produced by the National Commission for Women)

Press Release

ALL INDIA DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION

NO. 2253- E , SHADI KHAMPUR, NEW RANJIT NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110008

PH: 011-25700476, 25709565

Email : aidwacec@gmail.com, aidwa@rediffmail.com

                                                                                   12 June 2012

Press Release

AIDWA statement on the Delhi High court judgments of 9-5-2012

The Delhi high court has clearly allowed Shumaila to exercise her choice of residing with her husband. It has also directed the presence of Mehtab, Shumaila and either of her in-laws once in six months, in order to ascertain her well being, till she attains the age of majority before the Child Welfare Committee.  The Committee has to take necessary steps including obtaining the necessary undertaking from Mehtab in that regard. Subject to completion of these steps, (which shall be within a week) Shumaila shall be allowed to live with Mehtab, in the matrimonial home. However, she has the option of treating the marriage as voidable, at the time of her attaining the age of majority, i.e 18 years.

The AIDWA, while accepting the judgement of the Delhi high court in this particular case,  expresses grave concern as the judgement invokes Muslim Personal laws which will sanction child marriages and lend credibility to it. Parents forcing their minor daughters to marry the boys of their choice against their wishes will be justified on the background of this judgement. In such marriages there is no monitoring by any Child Welfare committees nor does the girl have any recourse to end the marriage if she desires to do so on attaining 18 years of age.  

While AIDWA welcomes the stand adopts by the Court towards self choice marriages and also it's concern for the girls welfare it is strongly opposed to the sanction awarded to child marriage under shari'a law.  This is totally unacceptable as it will lead to arranged child marriages of Muslim girls and of course with no safeguards at all.  We cannot accept relaxation of the minimum age of marriage for Muslim girls.

Moreover, Muslim Personal laws are not codified in India and vary according to interpretations. This judgement only underscores the need for the codification of Muslim Personal laws in India in the absence of which many regressive practices are sought to be justified.

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  Shyamali Gupta             Sudha Sundararaman

    (President)                  (General Secretary)

PRESS RELEASE

ALL INDIA DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION

NO. 2253- E , SHADI KHAMPUR, NEW RANJIT NAGAR,

NEW DELHI-110008

PH: 011-25700476, 25709565

Email : aidwacec@gmail.com, aidwa@rediffmail.com

                                                                                           8^th June 2012

                                                   PRESS RELEASE

The AIDWA expresses its grave concern at the judgement delivered by the Delhi High court regarding marriageable age for Muslim girls, which in effect condones child marriage amongst them. Despite scientific studies underlying 18 years as the suitable minimum age of marriage for girls, the fact that the High Court has delivered this regressive judgement invoking Muslim Personal Laws is a setback for women’s rights, and would impact adversely on the muslim girls’ access to education, and increase her vulnerability to maternal mortality and morbidity. While the question of defending individual choice in marriage is important, the possibility of informed consent by a 15 year old girl is by itself highly suspect and cannot be upheld as a norm. The judgement sets an unfortunate precedent, which may pave way for child marriages in India in the guise of a girl’s consent. Moreover, Muslim Personal laws are not codified in India and vary according to interpretation. This judgement only underscores the need for the codification of Muslim Personal Laws in India in the absence of which many regressive practices are sought to be justified. The HC has belied our hopes that the courts will help the process of gender justice for all. AIDWA appeals to the Delhi High Court to review its verdict in this regard. 

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Shyamali Gupta                    Sudha Sundararaman

(President)                          (General Secretary)

WORLD BREASTFEEDING CONFERENCE 2012

WORLD BREASTFEEDING CONFERENCE

6-9 December 2012,  New Delhi (India)

LET’S PROTECT EVERY FEEDING MOTHER

  

BABIES  NEED  MOM-MADE  NOT  MAN-MADE

The full details of the Conference can be found at: http://www.worldbreastfeedingconference.org

PRESS RELEASE FROM AIDWA

ALL INDIA DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION

NO. 2253- E , SHADI KHAMPUR, NEW RANJIT NAGAR,

NEW DELHI-110008

PH: 011-25700476, 25709565

Email : aidwacec@gmail.com, aidwa@rediffmail.com

                                                                            24^th May 2012

                                               

PRESS RELEASE

The All India Democratic Women’s Association strongly condemns the way in which the UPA Govt. has flouted basic Parliamentary norms by announcing a back-breaking increase in petrol prices the day after the Budget session of Parliament concluded.   At a time when the crude prices of oil in the international market have fallen sharply, this is nothing but a criminal act.  No amount of shirking of responsibility by the Govt. on to the shoulders of the Oil corporations can whitewash this.

This hike is the highest ever and, of course, it will lead to another round of price increases of all commodities. There is every reason to believe that the prices of other petroleum prices including cooking gas are in the offing.  Increased rates of transportation and electricity are bound to follow making life for the poor and the middle classes truly unbearable.  

UPA 2 has made its 3^rd anniversary in power memorable for the economic violence it is perpetrating against the aam aurat and aadmi with no amelioration in sight.  Its total lack of sensitivity to the agony of the poor is illustrated by the fact that instead of using its huge foodgrain stocks to ensure real food security, it is planning to export them.  AIDWA calls on all its members, as also the women of this country to launch struggles, independently and jointly, to force the UPA Government to implement a roll back in prices immediately. 

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Shyamali Gupta        Subhashini Ali        Sudha Sundararaman

 ( President )            (Vice President )          (General Secretary)

Call for Papers

54th Annual Conference INDIAN SOCIETY OF LABOUR ECONOMICS 21-23 December, 2012 Department of Economics, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India Call for Papers Last Date of Submission of Papers: 30 September, 2012 The 54th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) will be held during 21-23 December, 2012 at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India. Prof. S.K. Thorat, Chairman, The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, will preside over the Conference. The themes for this year’s Conference are: •          Wages and Wage Share in the Indian Economy •           Employment in the Post Reform India •           Labour Rights in the Globalising World Researchers and other professionals are invited to contribute papers on the Conference themes. Those who wish to contribute papers may send papers along with a summary (abstract) of about 1000 words in hard as well as soft copy latest by 30 September, 2012 to: The Hon. Secretary, The Indian Society of Labour Economics, NIDM Building, IIPA Campus, I.P. Estate, New Delhi – 110002, India.  The soft copies may be emailed to: conference.isle@gmail.com. The summaries of the selected papers will be brought out as a publication of conference summaries to be distributed among the Conference participants, along with a CD of the complete papers. Selected and revised papers based on peer reviews will be published in subsequent issues of The Indian Journal of Labour Economics. Two awards have been instituted for best paper writers, below 40 years: Ruddar Datt Memorial Award and Sanjay Thakur Young Labour Economist Award (carrying prize money of Rs. 10,000 each). Those willing to be considered for the awards are requested to send their date of birth along with the papers before the deadline. For further updates please visit our website: www.isleijle.org or email your queries to: conference.isle@gmail.com For registration and reservation of accommodation for the conference, please contact:  Conference Local Organising Secretary: Prof. Kiran Barman, Professor, Department of Economics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India (Mob:09450010904/ office: 0542-6702303) or Conference Co-organising Secretary: Prof. B. V Singh, Professor, Department of Economics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India (Mob: 09450585318)