Girls and women constitute nearly half of the population of India, in fact almost all over the globe. Yet, they are deprived of access to resources, opportunities in comparison to their male counterparts and become victims of violence due to their gender. CSD works on addressing gender inequality by advocating increased representation, participation and leadership of women in decision-making forums in communities. To achieve this goal, CSD, in collaboration with a network of civil society organisations, activists and like-minded institutions, advocates a comprehensive review of policies and examines recent demographic, social, and economic trends with empirical and conceptual rigour. Such research and information inputs requires governments to adopt a policy framework that guarantees women an equitable life, with access to decent and safe employment.
PROJECTS
2016 Wage Employment versus Self-Employment: Opportunity, Access and Impact on Women’s Empowerment
Sponsoring Organisation Indian Council for Social Science Research
2015 Exploring Women Home-based Workers in the Paradox of Mapping Informal Labour and Declining Female Labour force Participation Rate
Sponsoring Organisation Indian Council for Social Science Research
2014 Economics, Ecology and Development: Women’s Roadmap for Uttarakhand
Sponsoring Organisation Indian Council for Social Science Research
2007 Results of UNICEF Baseline Survey on Well Being of Children and Women
Sponsoring Organisation UNICEF, Delhi
2006 Access to Urban Sanitation Infrastructure (PUTs) by Women and Children in a Resettlement Colony of Delhi
Sponsoring Organisation UNICEF
2006 Maternal and Infant Health Services Assessment in a Resettlement Colony of Delhi
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2004 Female-Male Ratio in West Bengal and Bihar: An Analysis of the Issue with Secondary Data
Sponsoring Organisation Department of Women and Child Development, Government of India
1989 Women’s Work in the Informal Sector in the Union Territory of Delhi
Ministry of Labour, Government of India