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Women in agriculture and rural areas India
The paper highlights the role of rural women in agriculture in India: (1) their work participation rates in agriculture, and (2) the effects of the Green Revolution in terms of: (a) the rise in the number of female agricultural laborers and the type of work performed by them, (b) marginalization and poverty-prone existence of rural women, (c) technological impact and displacement, and (d) wage differentials. The study looks at rural women agricultural workers at a level where class and gender inequalities coincide. Women agricultural workers are occupying very low positions in the agrarian hierarchy. In terms of gender, rural women bear the burden of poverty and exploitation more heavily than men. The paper also discusses how rural women have been pushed into the category of "helpers." Women's participation in agricultural production is related to the decline in farm size and persistent poverty. The paper argues that women, and all "weaker" groups in general, are virtually inarticulate victims of the principle of equality in an unequal social context. And, so long as gender is an important indicator of economic social and political roles, there will be a need for special policies targeted to rural women for education and training, technology transfer, and credit.
- "The paper highlights the role of rural women in agriculture in India: (1) their work participation rates in agriculture, and (2) the effects of the Green Revolution in terms of: (a) the rise in the number of female agricultural laborers and the type of work performed by them, (b) marginalization and poverty-prone existence of rural women, (c) technological impact and displacement, and (d) wage differentials. The study looks at rural women agricultural workers at a level where class and gender inequalities coincide. Women agricultural workers are occupying very low positions in the agrarian hierarchy. In terms of gender, rural women bear the burden of poverty and exploitation more heavily than men. The paper also discusses how rural women have been pushed into the category of "helpers." Women's participation in agricultural production is related to the decline in farm size and persistent poverty. The paper argues that women, and all "weaker" groups in general, are virtually inarticulate victims of the principle of equality in an unequal social context. And, so long as gender is an important indicator of economic social and political roles, there will be a need for special policies targeted to rural women for education and training, technology transfer, and credit."@en
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