Tag: Gender inequality
Pandemic, Policy, and Patriarchy: Process of Gender De-equalization
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta'Gender' is the social construction of our identity. It defines a way of co-relating with each other through one's experiences, mainly...
Combating COVID-19 and Gender Divide
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Sunidhi AgarwalThe gender divide isn’t new even though there have been concerted efforts to reduce it. It is often...
Work-family spillover: The complex and paradoxical role of women’s work and...
Smita KumarIntimate partner violence (IPV), or domestic violence, is often stereotyped as a problem of a lower socioeconomic class or minority group. However, the...
Women Rights in the 21st century: From the lens of a...
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta“Concept of gender equality has been modernized in last 50 years. It focuses on equalizing men and women in arena of...
Girl-Child Discrimination in India: Examining a Declining Child Sex Ratio
Simi Mehta and Anshula MehtaWomen are seen as nurturers and the providers of emotional caretaking, and men are considered providers of economic support. Despite...
Invisible Role of Women in Agriculture
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Sunidhi Agarwal Female labor force participation rate across India from 1990 to 2019 has been declining. In the last decade,...
Patriarchy undermines Constitutional Values
Zakia Soman“Patriarchy is a malaise that women and men have suffered since ages, sometimes knowingly and most times, unknowingly. It has been inflicted upon...
Gender Implications of COVID-19
Simi Mehta, Ritika GuptaAs India has crossed 3.4 million coronavirus cases, these extraordinary times have created conspicuous situations both at personal and professional places...
Impact of COVID-19 on Lives of Rural Women- The VillageMakers
Simi Mehta, Arjun KumarOne of the greatest human tragedies of a contemporary era unleashed by the coronavirus has become a wakeup call and has provided several...
Gender-Based Violence in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown
Simi Mehta and Anshula MehtaThere is a huge increase in gender-based violence across the globe and India as well during the ongoing covid-19 pandemic....
