About

Despite significant progress in recent decades, workplaces worldwide remain divided along gender lines. In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a drop in female labour force participation and in countries such as India, women’s participation in paid work remains low. At every stage in the labour market, including job search, wage negotiations, promotion to middle and senior management, and access to and cost of finance, women tend to face barriers. Even if sometimes unintended, several such constraints stop women from developing their full economic potential.

Women carry out a large part of household work and childcare/elderly care. Further, cultural norms around the type of work women can take up restrict women’s entry into paid work, especially when jobs are scarce in industries that traditionally employ women. Low-income women workers are even more vulnerable due to a lack of control over their earnings, lack of assets, and lower intra-household bargaining power. In addition, women tend to be more adversely impacted by infrastructure constraints in transport networks, access to personal vehicles, electricity and water infrastructure, quality and affordable childcare, safety and sexual harassment during commute and at workplaces, and inadequate sanitation facilities, among others.

This conference will deliberate the above-mentioned interlinked issues in the context of India and discuss the ways to bring about change to lower barriers to Indian women’s effective participation in the labour market.

Conference Agenda

Register

There is a nominal registration fee to attend the conference and is inclusive of both days. E-certificates of participation will be provided to all who attend the full conference in either mode.

There are two types of registrations :

1. In person participation (limited seats)
2. Online

The registration for In person participation includes

1. An AC bus transport from designated spots in Chennai on the morning of 9^th December, around 7.30 am to the campus
2. An AC bus transport from the campus to Chennai starting around 5.00 pm on 10^th December.
3. One-night accommodation on campus
4. Breakfast/lunch/dinner/tea-coffee on 9^th December in campus and breakfast/lunch/tea-coffee on 10^th December in campus
5. The conference pack

Please note that the accommodation availability on campus is limited and will be allotted on a first-come-first-serve basis.

The fee for In Person participation is Rs 1000 + 18% GST = Rs 1180/-

The Registration for the online participation – Rs 500 + 18% GST = Rs 590/-

If you have any queries, email [email protected]

You can register using the following bank details (preferred method) or by clicking on the following link (payment gateway).

Registrations will close on 7th December 12:00am.

Name of the Bank - Kotak Mahindra Bank
Branch - Adyar, Chennai 600020
Type of Account - Savings
Account Number - 7111528072
IFSC - KKBK0000463

If the payment is done via bank transfer, participants may please send an email to [email protected] with the details.

Contact

If you'd like to get in touch with us, you can do so on the below:
Email: [email protected]