Women and Work in South Asia: Regional Patterns and Perspectives

Women's work is central to the social and economic aspirations of the countries of South Asia. Their contribution to agriculture, industry and services is critical. However, planners and policy makers frequently ignore women's economic roles, drawing simplistic conclusions from inadequate data. Women and Work in South Asiaprovides a cross-cultural perspective on research on women's work in South Asia. Integrating macro and micro analysis, Asian and Western contributors analyse the inadequacies of official statistics and explore, through case studies, the cultural and socio-economic position of women at work in the region.Raju, Saraswati is the author of 'Women and Work in South Asia: Regional Patterns and Perspectives', published 1994 under ISBN 9780415042499 and ISBN 0415042496.