The informal woman worker is quite often bound by the shackles of her own house. The household chores and the responsibilities that she takes up outside of her house engulf her, consume her, until all that is left is really nothing of her. She is reduced to a machine, one that works for others – at home or otherwise. This section attempts to explore more about HER in the whirlwind of responsibilities.
August, 2021
This article deals with the repercussions of the debt cycle among women work from low income households and solutions to tackle the same
7 minutes read
August, 2021
This piece emphasizes on the importance of investing your money and what it means for women informal workers in rural India
6 minutes read
August, 2021
This article tackles the complex relationship between work and savings, and how it manifests itself in the heavily unregulated informal work industry
7 minutes read
April, 2021
Perils of street vending
Occupational hazards that exist for women in the street vending work
5 minutes read
April, 2021
Skin, lungs & bones
Occupational hazards suffered specifically by the women manual scavengers in India
5 minutes read
March, 2021
Threads of hope & despair
Outlining the challenges of the large female work-force in the handloom industry
5 minutes read
March, 2021
The construct(ion) of gender
Examining the multifaceted forms of gender-based discrimination experienced by women in the construction work industry
5 minutes read
February, 2021
Bole chudiyan
Stories about hardship, mortality, and unequal pay that the bangle manufacturing industry tells us
4 minutes read
October, 2020
The migrant woman
A vivid exploration of the correlation between women migrants and the construction industry
4 minutes read
October, 2020
Women in the shadow
A poem on the work conditions of women in the informal sector
3 minutes read
October, 2020
Parasites of the public space?
The work-life of a woman street vendor in India and the role of gender in the struggles and vulnerabilities faced by them
4 minutes read
October, 2020
Is work from home hardly working?
Double-clicking on the glorified concept of work-from-home and uncovering what it means for women in the home-based informal industry of beedi manufacturing
6 minutes read
October, 2020
Work, work and more work
What working conditions look like for domestic workers in India- is your home a safe workplace?
4 minutes read
October, 2020
One false step
HER Working Conditions: A look at the hazards faced on a daily basis by construction workers
3 minutes read
September, 2020
Down in the dumps
Accounting the daily working conditions of a woman engaged in managing waste and sanitation of our homes, colonies, and cities at large
7 minutes read
August, 2020
My health or my wealth?
The Covid-19 pandemic- from your domestic help’s perspective
5 minutes read
August, 2020
A virus’ tryst with women workers
An analytical and informative read on how COVID-19 impacted the informal workers in two manufacturing industries
8 minutes read
August, 2020
Is my work essential?
Trials and tribulations of a Delhi-based street vendor couple during the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020
6 minutes read
August, 2020
Constructing with corona
COVID-19: How women construction workers are dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic
4 minutes read
