_In this first part of the article, Prof. Vibhuti Patel, former Professor at the Advanced Centre for Women’s Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and former Head of the Economics Department at SNDT Women’s University, examines how neoliberal globalisation has deepened inequality and widened gender gaps in India. With over four decades of research on women’s work, human rights, and gendered …
_In the second part of Economic Globalisation and Women: Issues and Concerns, Vibhuti Patel examines how liberalisation has deepened casualisation, widened inequality, and normalised exploitation in the informal economy. She highlights the feminisation of poverty, the rise of girl child labour, and exploitative models like Tamil Nadu’s Sumangali scheme. Patel shows how globalisation has eroded wel…
Dr. Vibhuti Patel is a feminist scholar and activist who has been part of social movements in India and the Global South since the 1970s. In this article, she traces the evolution of political feminism in India and Asia over the last five decades, highlighting its local struggles, global solidarities, and current crossroads. She reflects on how feminist movements have challenged patriarchal system…
