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on "Gender dimensions of paid and unpaid work in
China and India", Kunming, China 26-28 September
2014, organised by Economic Research Foundation, New Delhi
and Tsinghua University, Beijing, with support from Ford
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30, 2014. |
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conference bringing together feminist economists from
China and India was successfully organised in November
2013 in New Delhi, India. It provided a forum for
very interesting discussions that covered a wide range
of issues and laid the basis for future collaborative
work. Building on that experience, it was felt that
there is scope for further and more detailed comparative
investigations in specific areas. One issue that proved
to be of great interest was that of gendered employment
patterns. This is an area where there are strong differences
across the two countries, but also sufficient similarities
to make the comparison of trends worthwhile.
To specifically examine the gender-specific patterns
of paid and unpaid work in China and India, Economic
Research Foundation in collaboration with Tsinghua
University, Beijing, organised a workshop in Kunming,
China over 26-28 September 2014,
with support from Ford Foundation.
Some of the themes that were covered in the workshop
are:
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macroeconomic processes and women's employment
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changes in work force participation rates;
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women workers in agriculture;
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informality and women's work;
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women workers in export-oriented manufacturing;
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outsourcing, value chains and female workers
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old and new services as employers of women;
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conditions of women workers in public versus private
employment;
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the care economy and unpaid work.
The programme of the workshop is as follows:
Friday, 26 September, 2014
Opening Session: 9:00-9:30 am
Welcome: Jayati Ghosh
Introductory Address: Zhou Wen
Session 1: 9:30 10:30 am- The macroeconomic
context of employment trends
Chair: Andong Zhu
C.P. Chandrasekhar On some determinants of the level,
growth and quality of employment.
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Comments- Andong Zhu
Session 2: 10:45 am -12:30 pm- Recent employment
trends
Chair: Devaki Jain
Xiao-yuan Dong - Trade liberalisation, social policy
development and Chinese women's paid work in the decade
after Chinas accession to the WTO.
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Ritu Dewan Gender, globalisation and trade.
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Session
3: 1:30 3:00 pm- The macroeconomics of women's
work
Chair: Xiao-yuan Dong
Chirashree Dasgupta: Macroeconomic processes, gender
and labour in India.
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Jayati Ghosh - Why is women's workforce participation
declining in such different economies as India and
China?
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Session 4: 3:15- 4:45 pm- The recognition
and valuation of women's work
Chair: Shen Youjia
Feng Yuan Valuation and devaluation of women's work-
unanswered questions.
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Indira Hirway: Integrating unpaid work into macroeconomics.
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Session
5: 4:45 - 6:15 pm- Women workers and time
use in agriculture
Chair: Wei Zhang
Liqin Zhang - The impact of care-giving of rural women
on agricultural production.
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Sanchari Roy Mukherjee: Wage determination and wage
discrimination in the tea plantation sector in India.
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Saturday,
27 September, 2014
Session 6: 9:00 10:30 am- Informality and
women's work - 1
Chair: Zhun Xu
Fan Lulu - The non-precariat in the informal sector:
a study of female-led cooperative production team
in garment industry of China.
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Smita Gupta - Home based work of women: a study in
the unorganised sector in Delhi.
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Session 7: 10:45 am - 12:15 pm- Informality
and women's work 2
Chair: Nirmala Banerjee
Liangshu Qi - Time poverty in China: measurement and
policy assessment.
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Vibhuti Patel - Informality and feminisation of urban
poverty in India.
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Session 8: 1:30- 3:30 pm- Unpaid work and
the care economy
Chair: Indira Hirway
Shen Youjia - Crisis of care and the mechanism of
distribution of care burden.
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Lan Liu - Unpaid care and labor supply of middle-aged
men and women in urban China.
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Subhalakshmi Nandi - The unpaid work discourse from
a feminist lens: reflections on power, politics and
policy from the global south.
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Session 9: 3:45 to 5:15 pm- Changing employment
patterns and gender gaps
Chair: Ge Yuhao
Li Qin - Industrial transfer, migrants flow and wage
difference.
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Neetha Pillai - Of segmentation, marginalisation and
exclusion: sectoral dimensions of women's employment
in India's service economy.
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Sunday, 28 September, 2014
Session 10: 9:00 to 10:30am- Gender discrimination
in public and private employment
Chair: Jayati Ghosh
Yuhao Ge Gender discrimination in college graduates'
labour market.
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Indrani Mazumdar Of rights as workers: women in
public services.
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Session 11: 10:45 12:15 pm- Organising women
workers
Chair: Weiwei Ren
Jing Liu - Will trade unions help to reduce the gender
wage gap and discrimination in China?
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Sujata Gothoskar Women workers organising in the
current context.
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Session 12: 12:15-1:30 pm- Open Discussion,
Closing Remarks and Plans for the future.
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