The new Labour Codes entrench the macro-patriarchal tenacity of the Indian State, one step at a time

Even as India reports among the worst performance on gender gaps in both employment and wage, the ‘ease of doing business’ geared labour codes only further reinforce the de-equalisation of gender in labour
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Ritu Dewan

Prof. Ritu Dewan is the Conference President of the Indian Society of Labour Economics,Visiting Professor at the Institute of Human Development, Co-Founder of the Feminist Policy Collective, Trustee of Center for Budget and Governance Accountability, Trustee of The India Forum, Director of The Leaflet, Vice President of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (2018-22), Vice President of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (2019-22), President of the Indian Association for Women’s Studies (2014-17), President of Alumni Association of Mumbai School of Economics & Public Policy. She was the firstever woman Director of the Department of Economics, University of Mumbai, and the founder-member of the first Centre for Gender Economics in Asia.

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