Donner, Henrike. 2017. Two steps forward, one step back ? Does India’s new maternity leave policy enhance gender equality? Policy Forum, April 10th, [Article]

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Abstract or Description

When India’s lower house passed a bill in March 2017 extending the existing 12 weeks maternity leave for women employed in the organised sector to 26 weeks, the move was hailed as a landmark amendment. This new legislation is widely lauded as path-breaking, but does it really represent the progressive push for gender equality it is sold as ?

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	india; maternity leave
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Anthropology
Dates:	Date Event 5 April 2017 Accepted 10 April 2017 Published
Item ID:	20946
Date Deposited:	08 Sep 2017 09:25
Last Modified:	10 May 2018 16:20
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/20946

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