Home-based work and issues of gender and space

Neethi, P. (2014) Home-based work and issues of gender and space. Economic and Political Weekly, 49 (17). pp. 88-96.

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Abstract

This article studies the experiences of a group of women workers involved in home-based work for a food processing unit in Kerala, where membership to Kudumbashree, the state-centric civil society organisation, is necessary for participation. The theoretical aspects of space and gender, in the context of how they are mutually formed and how gendered spaces are produced in the workers’ everyday lives are analysed. A geographical explanation of the formation of such gendered spaces under home-based production is presented, following which everyday labour relations and the framing of workers’ response strategies, which brought capital and labour to the negotiating table, are illustrated.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Neethi, P.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Women worker, Food processing work, Home-based production
Subjects:	Social sciences > Economics
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Development
Full Text Status:	Public
Related URLs:	Publisher
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/259
Publisher URL:	https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/17/review-womens-s...

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