MGNREGA and Gender Equity

edited by Nupur Tiwari

ISBN 10: 818457682X / ISBN 13: 9788184576825

Published by Kanishka, 2015

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Contents: Foreword. Introduction. 1. Barriers to women s participation in MGNREGA: a case study of Sonipat and Mahendergarh Districts of Haryana State/Manju Panwar and Jitendra Kumar. 2. Problems of women labour under MGNREGS/Suesh Chandra Ch. 3. Empowerment of rural women through MGNREGS/Santhosh Areekkuzhiyil and K. Prajisha. 4. Critical study of MGNREGA: its impact and women s participation in Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and Madhya Pradesh/Tabish Samdani and Shri Soumya Kapoor. 5. Various impediments of women s participation in MNREGA/Ved Pal Singh Deswal. 6. Critical gender concerns in MGNREGA/Sharmistha Sinha and Kavita. 7. Impact of NREGA on women: a case study of Berachampa Gram Panchayat, Dist: North 24-Parganas,West Bengal/Notan Bhusan Kar. 8. Women participation in MGNREGA: A study of Tehri Garhwal District of Uttarakhand/A.K. Pokriyal and Rakha Rani. 9. Women participation in Mahatma Gandhi National rural employment Guarantee act: issues and challenges in Bundelkhand region of Central India/B.Pradhan, Jitendra K. Verma. 10. Determinants of women job participation in MGNREGA scheme-case study of Burdwan District in West Bengal/Krishna Singh, Soumyendra Kishore Datta…. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has made significant achievements with regard to mobilisation of women wage workers, gender parity of wages and increased control of women on their earnings. There has been acceptability from large sections of society that MGNREGA has provided better working conditions, less exploitative work culture and of course better wages for women, though not conceived on gender lines. Schedule II of the paragraph six of the act emphasizes on the word Priority which is evident of gender mainstreaming. As the text denotes that priority should be placed on women in the allocation of work in such a way that at least one third of the beneficiaries shall be women . The book tries to address the underlying premise by deliberating on some thematic concerns and initiatives taken through MGNREGA to encourage women participation and striking gender equity in the field of rural employment. It discusses the various issues and concerns relevant for gendered participation in such schemes and the significant changes that they have brought about. This is an attempt to identify major constraints on women s access to productive employment opportunities through the employment guarantee program. The book is an effort to reach out to the wider public with ideas that call for action and to generate the dynamics of discourse to bring about a major transformation in the larger development paradigm. (jacket). Seller Inventory # 115619

Bibliographic Details

Title: MGNREGA and Gender Equity

Publisher: Kanishka

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition