Feminism

Understanding women's economic freedom in India, from land rights and labour law to why markets and feminism are not at odds.

Syllabus

Books

  1. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman — Mary Wollstonecraft
  2. Concerning Women (1926) — Suzanne La Follette

Academic Papers

  1. Free Market Feminism (1999) — Deirdre McCloskey
  2. How Markets Empower Women — Chelsea Follett, Cato Institute, 2018
  3. The Impact of Work-Family Policies on Women's Employment (2011) — Hegewisch and Gornick
  4. Women's Economic Empowerment in the Developing Countries: Reengineering Patriarchy? (2018)
  5. Why is Female Labour Force Participation Declining in India? — ILO, 2014
  6. Precarious Drop: Reassessing Female Labour Force Participation in India — World Bank, 2017
  7. Women Workers in India: Why So Few Among So Many? — IMF, 2015
  8. Women and Work in India — India Policy Forum, 2018
  9. Women's Inheritance Rights and Intergenerational Transmission of Resources in India (2014)

Reports, Data & Indices

  1. Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2025 — Our World in Data
  2. Female Labour Force Participation in India — World Bank, 2026
  3. Women, Business and the Law — World Bank, 2026
  4. Our World in Data: Maternal Mortality
  5. McKinsey Global Institute: The Power of Parity in India, 2015
  6. State of Discrimination Report — Prosperiti/Trayas, 2022

Articles & Blog Posts

  1. Too Safe to Work — Prosperiti, 2025
  2. India's Labour Codes: What Changes for Women — PRS Legislative Research, 2019
  3. Indian women's long journey towards equality in law and practice — World Bank Blog, 2023