Women’s Participation in the NREGA: Some Observations from Fieldwork in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Rajasthan

The broad objective of this study was to understand the reasons behind the wide variations in participation by women in the NREGA and the policy implications that follow. Based on fieldwork in two states where women form a high proportion of the workers, Kerala and Rajasthan, and one where the propo...

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Main Author: Ratna M. Sudarshan, Rina Bhattacharya and Grace Fernandez
Format: Printed Book
Published: IDS Bulletin 2010
Subjects:
MGNREGA
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/005873.pdf
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