ActionAid's Young Urban Women Programme in urban India: taking an intersectional approach to decent work, unpaid care, and sexual and reproductive health and rights
Author(s)
Chatterjee, BaishaliEditor(s)
Sweetman, CarolinePublication date
2015-03-27Keywords
Young womenDecent work
Leadership development
Human rights-based approach
Unpaid care
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
SRHR
Urban
Gender and Development Journal
GaD
Country
India
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Gender & DevelopmentDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
This article traces the implementation of a programme with young urban women living in poverty in the Indian cities of Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Chennai. This programme aims to increase their economic independence and control over their bodies. It begins from an intersectional analysis of women’s access to decent work, their unpaid care work responsibilities, and their sexual and reproductive health and rights. It is part of a multi-country ActionAid intervention, Young Urban Women (YUW). The article looks at some of the strategies used in the programme, identifies successes and challenges, and offers insights for others working with young women in urban areas. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.Pages
16ISSN
1355-2074EISSN
1364-9221ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/13552074.2015.1015282