In this paper we have attempted to raise an issue which has always concerned feminist scholars- the sex segregation of jobs and its perpetuation over time to the disadvantage of women workers, in the context of the nineties, the period of globalisation in India.

Gender discrimination in the employment sector is enduring, an overwhelming majority of women working within the boundaries of informal sectors.

The paper examines issues related to citizenship and political participation of dalit women.

Approached from any discipline – demography, economics, sociology etc.

Kerala women while establishing firm foothold in literacy and social status seem yet to identify their role in entrepreneurship. According to Employment Exchange data for 1997, 54 percent of job seekers were educated women.

This paper examines whether female participation in the labour force enhances the autonomy of women in poor populations.

This paper examines certain aspects of employment among women workers in hired labour households, drawing on two surveys of Gokilapuram, a village in south-west Tamil Nadu, India, conducted in 1977 and 1999.