Reena Patel: 2 books
Working the Night Shift
Women in India’s Call Center Industry
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2010
Relatively high wages and the opportunity to be part of an upscale, globalized work environment draw many in India to the call center industry. At the same time, night shift employment presents women, in particular, with new challenges alongside the opportunities. This book explores how beliefs about...
Hindu Women's Property Rights in Rural India
Law, Labour and Culture in Action
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Hindu women in India have independent right of ownership to property under the Law of Succession (The Hindu Succession Act, 1956). However, during the last five decades of its operation not many women have exercised their rights under the enactment. This volume addresses the issue of Hindu peasant...