Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: CBG 2.06, Centre Building, LSE
Chair: Dr. Ruth Kattumuri, Founder and Co-Chair India Observatory, III
Speaker: Dr. Niyathi R. Krishna, Sir Ratan Tata Post-Doctoral Visiting Fellow, III, LSE
In this seminar, Dr. Niyathi R. Krishna will be presenting her research on interstate seasonal migrant women in Punjab, India, conducted as part of Sir Ratan Tata fellowship 2023-24 at the International Inequalities Institute. This qualitative study attempts to unravel the gender order induced experiences in the lives of interstate seasonal labour migrant women in Punjabat various levels in the post pandemic period, as labourers, migrants, and people possessing multiple binds in terms of caste, class, and gender. Concurrently, the study also analyses the causes, process, and consequences of interstate, seasonal migration of women in India and reviews existing policy gaps.