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Feminizing the Labour Relations book is out
A book, ‘Feminizing the Labour Relations,’ which focuses on gender precariousness in the wake of socio-economic and institutional transition of the life and livelihoods of female labour from different communities, classes and castes, was launched here on Wednesday.
Hyderabad: A book, ‘Feminizing the Labour Relations,’ which focuses on gender precariousness in the wake of socio-economic and institutional transition of the life and livelihoods of female labour from different communities, classes and castes, was launched here on Wednesday.
Authored by M Vanamala, a scholar of development economics, ‘Feminizing the Labour Relations’ seeks to answer the basic question as to what happens to women’s work and their status if a village in which they are mostly employed in agriculture undergoes a transition to industrial and other new forms of activities.
It also tracks changes in agriculture beginning with land use, changes in the share of area cultivated, cropping pattern, the choice of agricultural technology in terms of gender specific labour use and relatively low female wages.
Speaking on the occasion, Vanamala said that the imposition of the neo-liberal regime in which private profit seeking activities across all sectors including health and education, has witnessed an increase in ‘commodification’ of farm land and influential role of speculators, and minimised the state’s role. “These changes had far reaching implications for rural women. Most of them turned housewives as they could not be absorbed into industries because of several factors,” she said.
The author studied the working status of women based on the field data collected between the first and last survey over a span of 30 years from a village near Patancheru in Medak district. She found out that farm land had come down from 1,973 acres in 1979 to just 349 acres in 2009-10.
Throwing light on the book, Prof D Narasimha Reddy described the work as a case study that reflects the transition of opportunities for women over a 30-year period. He said that poorer women were at the receiving end because of the exploitation due to change in their employment. Some of them had turned in to domestic workers because of the shrinking farmland. On the other hand, some of them became victims of microfinance companies, who extended loans by charging huge interest rate.
Prof E Revathi termed the study as a sustained observation of micro-level changes in the past three decades. The book was officially launched by C H Hanumantha Rao, honorary professor, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS). The programme was attended by Prof R Radhakrishna, Chairman, CESS, Prof D Narasimha Reddy, ICSSR National Fellow CSD, Hyderabad, Prof E Revathi, Dean, Graduate Studies, CESS and Dr N Sreedevi. The programme was chaired by Prof S Galab, Director, CESS.
