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STATE WITHOUT HONOUR Women Workers in India's Anganwadis

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STATE WITHOUT HONOUR Women Workers in India's Anganwadis
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CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES
SSS-I, JNU

Invites you to a Book Discussion

STATE WITHOUT HONOUR
Women Workers in India's Anganwadis

Chair: Dr. Uma Chakravarty
(Retired Professor, Delhi University)

Speakers: M.S. Sreerekha
(Faculty member at the Global Studies Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA)

Indrani Mazumdar
(Sr. Fellow & Associate Professor, Centre for Women's Development Studies, Delhi)

Date: 12th January 2017; Time: 3.00pm
Venue: Committee Room No. 118, CISLS, SSS-1, JNU

State Without Honour There is reinvigorating debates around the link between gender and labour in India. This book is an attempt to rethink the meaning of work in order to contribute towards a better understanding of women's work and its devaluation. The book specifically focuses on the role of the state towards the same and uses the example of the honorary women workers in India ICDS to elaborate on the same.

ALL ARE WELCOME