Towards a Framework for Forging Links: Exploring the Connections between Women’s Education, Empowerment and Employment

Rekha Pappu

Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 2015, vol. 22, issue 2, 300-321

Abstract: It is a common belief that there are substantial returns on education, both direct and indirect and gainful employment is regarded as one of the expected outcomes of education. However, existing analyses of the employment–unemployment trends in India indicate an inverse relationship between women’s education and employment. Within such a context this article seeks to raise the question of whether the education system can address the problem of educated women withdrawing from the labour force even as attempts are made to transform other structural factors that impinge on the situation. Feminist concerns about empowerment frame this discussion on education and employment.

Keywords: Empowerment; labour force participation; vocational education; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/0971521515574610

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