Renegotiating Patriarchal Bargains? Rural Women’s Collective Livelihood Initiatives in India

Bina Fernandez ()
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Bina Fernandez: University of Melbourne

A chapter in Land, Labour and Livelihoods, 2016, pp 309-329 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Since the 1990s, a range of collective livelihood activities for women have been sponsored by the state and non-governmental organisations in India. This chapter presents case studies of three collective livelihood interventions for rural poor women in India, drawing on exploratory qualitative field research conducted with two co-operatives and a private limited company. Using a gendered livelihoods perspective, the chapter investigates two key questions: first, the extent to which collective livelihood interventions for the economic empowerment of poor women are in fact controlled by women, rather than by the men of their households; second, whether such collective initiatives offer rural poor women the opportunity to renegotiate patriarchal bargains within households.

Keywords: Productive Asset; Household Resource; Collective Livelihood; Household Debt; Private Limited Company (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40865-1_15

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