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  1. Research

    Land, Livestock, and Livelihoods: Changing Dynamics of Gender, Caste, and Ethnicity in a Nepalese Village

    Thomas-Slayter, Barbara, and Nina Bhatt. 1994. "Land, Livestock, and Livelihoods: Changing Dynamics of Gender, Caste, and Ethnicity in a Nepalese Village." Human Ecology 22 (4): 467-494.

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    Topics: Agriculture, Caste, Economies, Economic Inequality, Ethnicity, Gender, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: Nepal Keywords: agriculture, livestock, land

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    Rural Women and Irrigation: Patriarchy, Class, and the Modernizing State in South India

    Ramamurthy, Priti. 1991. “Rural Women and Irrigation: Patriarchy, Class, and the Modernizing State in South India.” Society and Natural Resources 4 (1): 5-22.

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    Topics: Caste, Class, Agriculture, Economies, Economic Inequality, Poverty, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Infrastructure, Water & Sanitation, Livelihoods Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: agricultural labor, class, patriarchy, rural women

  3. Research

    Roles and Status of Women in Extractive Industries in India: Making a Place for a Gender-Sensitive Mining Development

    Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala. 2007. “Roles and Status of Women in Extractive Industries in India: Making a Place for a Gender-Sensitive Mining Development.” Social Change 37 (4): 37–64.

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    Topics: Caste, Class, Economies, Extractive Industries, Gender, Gender Roles, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Indigenous, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India

  4. Research

    Women as Marginal Workers in Informal Mining and Quarrying, India: A Preliminary Analysis

    Mukhopadhaya, Pundarik, and Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt. 2014. “Women as Marginal Workers in Informal Mining and Quarrying, India: A Preliminary Analysis.” Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 19 (2): 290–309. doi:10.1080/13547860.2014.880287.

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    Topics: Caste, Economies, Poverty, Extractive Industries, Gender, Women, Governance, Livelihoods, Political Participation Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: informal sector, marginal workers, India, women, mining and quarrying

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    The Role of Microcredit in Reducing Women’s Vulnerabilities to Multiple Disasters

    Ray-Bennett, Nibedita S. 2010. “The Role of Microcredit in Reducing Women’s Vulnerabilities to Multiple Disasters.” Disasters 34 (1): 240-60.

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    Topics: Caste, Class, Environment, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Households, Livelihoods, NGOs Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: microcredit, multiple disasters, Orissa, vulnerability, women-headed households

  6. Research

    Diverting the Flow: Gender Equity and Water in South Asia

    Zwarteveen, Margreet, Sara Ahmed, and Suman Rimal Gautam, eds. 2012. Diverting the Flow: Gender Equity and Water in South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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    Topics: Caste, Class, Development, Feminisms, Feminist Political Ecology, Gender, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equity, Infrastructure, Water & Sanitation, Livelihoods, Religion Regions: Asia, South Asia

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    Ambivalences of Collective Farming: Feminist Political Ecologies from Eastern India and Nepal

    Leder, Stephanie, Fraser Sugden, Manita Raut, Dhananjay Ray, and Panchali Saikia. 2019. “Ambivalences of Collective Farming: Feminist Political Ecologies from Eastern India and Nepal.” International Journal of the Commons 13 (1): 105–29.

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    Topics: Age, Caste, Class, Agriculture, Ethnicity, Feminisms, Feminist Political Ecology, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Households, Intersectionality, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India, Nepal Keywords: agriculture, collective action, collective farming, commons, feminist political ecology, FPE, gender, India, irrigation, land, Nepal, water

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    Climate Change, Migration and Women: Analysing Construction Workers in Odisha

    Patel, Amrita and Jasmine Giri. 2019. "Climate Change, Migration and Women: Analysing Construction Workers in Odisha." Social Change 49 (1): 97-113.

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    Topics: Agriculture, Caste, Displacement & Migration, Migration, Climate Displacement, Environment, Climate Change, Gender, Women, Livelihoods Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: women, migrants, climate change, construction workers

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    “Without Land You Are Nobody”: Critical Dimensions of Women‟s Access to Land and Relations in Tenure in East Africa

    Verma, Ritu. 2007. Without Land You Are Nobody': Critical Dimensions of Women‟s Access to Land and Relations in Tenure in East Africa. International Development Research Centre. 

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    Topics: Caste, Gender, Gendered Discourses, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Land Tenure, Livelihoods, Post-Conflict, Political Participation, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda

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    Conflict, Disaster and Changing Gender Roles in Nepal: Women’s Everyday Experiences

    K.C., Luna. 2019. "Conflict, Disaster and Changing Gender Roles in Nepal: Women’s Everyday Experiences." PhD diss., Wageningen University.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Civil Wars, Caste, Combatants, Female Combatants, DDR, Displacement & Migration, Environment, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Gender Roles, Gender Analysis, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Households, Intersectionality, Livelihoods, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Peace Processes Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: Nepal

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