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📣 Join us to discussion Durba Mitra’s ‘The Future That Was’ which traces the forging of new feminist internationalisms against neocolonialism and postcolonial authoritarianism in the 1970s.
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It’s wonderful to see Professor Prabha Kotiswaran’s (@pkotiswaran) research cited in a landmark Supreme Court judgment in India.
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2/ @pkotiswaran @Varna @BoldSilhoutte draw on their experience to locate cash transfers within the feminist agenda of valuing unpaid care labour. Moderated by @bhanupriya_rao
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1/ Who do India’s direct cash transfer schemes actually reach and who do they leave out? Watch the full BehanBox Feminist Election Newsroom conversation on cash transfers, welfare, electoral politics and state responsibility for India's care economy.
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RT @soutikBBC: "A party might get punished for withdrawing welfare. But whether it is getting rewarded for offering it is the real question…
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📣 Join us to discussion Durba Mitra’s ‘The Future That Was’ which traces the forging of new feminist internationalisms against neocolonialism and postcolonial authoritarianism in the 1970s.
🗓️ 12 June, Fri
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Explore the EU’s gender equality policy with Karen Vandekerckhove, from its history to its achievements, particularly under the Gender Equality Strategy 2020–2025.
The event will be moderated by Professor Prabha Kotiswaran (@pkotiswaran).
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🎥 How does the law govern women’s paid and unpaid labour in India?
Our podcast episode on the EU-funded @LawsOfSocialRep project is now available on YouTube. In this episode, host Helen Wright speaks with the team behind the project.
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ALT A photo of Professor Prabha Kotiswaran with a smile on her face. The text reads: Rethinking the Laws of Social Reproduction. " We wanted to put different forms of reproductive labour side by side to really understand how the law regulates them and shapes social practices within these forms of labour." Prabha Kotiswaran, Professor of Law & Social Justice.
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Glad to see @LawsOfSocialRep research featured
NEW: Read @Varna & @BoldSilhoutte's analysis of cash transfers in Tamil Nadu. What does it mean for women’s agency, work and debt cycles? How are the beneficiaries using the money—and what are they demanding?
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1/ How do cash transfer schemes across India shape women’s lives, labour, bargaining power, and political choices? On 21 April, 8:30 PM, @bhanupriya_rao is in conversation with @pkotiswaran, Varna Sri Raman and @BoldSilhoutte, alongside our Feminist Election Newsroom community.
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A gendered decoding of political party manifestoes in Tamil Nadu hindustantimes.com/opinion/w… @LawsOfSocialRep @arivalayam @AIADMKOfficial @TVKVijayHQ
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As election season brings with it promises for cash transfers to women, I am delighted to share my forthcoming Open Access book from @OUPAcademic Wages for Housework: India's Experiment with Unconditional Cash Transfers to Women global.oup.com/academic/prod…
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📢 The Centre of European Law (@celkcl) invites applications for the CEL Post Doctoral Research Associate, a 24-month appointment due to commence in September.
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Learn more ⬇️ lawsofsocialreproduction.net…
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The Laws of Social Reproduction project raises these critical questions while advocating for laws and policies that recognise various forms of labour, and advance fairness and women’s rights in India.
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Why is it crucial to highlight the many forms of reproductive labour that women around us perform day & night & over their lifetimes, whether for their families or for pay, whether in domestic work or stigmatised labour like sex work, dancing, surrogacy or egg donation?
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Looking forward to @parodevi at @YaleSouthAsia
Please join us for a screening of Working Girls by filmmaker Paromita Vohra. This vibrant, thought-provoking documentary explores the often unseen worlds of women’s labor across India. A conversation with the filmmaker and discussants Kalindi Vora and Rohit De will follow.
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Delighted to launch the London premiere of Working Girls directed by @parodevi @KCL_Law yesterday, a packed and lively reception, screening and Q&A with @ananya_jahanara especially delighted to have Selma James and Nina Lopez in the audience! @LawsOfSocialRep
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