Claiming Resources, Asserting Rights: Women's Collective Politics at the Grassroots - A Lecture by Professor Kalpana Karunakaran
Kalpana Karunakaran is Associate Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department, IIT Madras, in Chennai, India. Her research and writings are in the intersecting fields of gender, poverty, microcredit, women’s work in the informal sector, women’s trade unions and collective action in solidarity-based movements. Kalpana participates actively in campaigns and workshops for gender equality, labour rights and human rights in Tamil Nadu, South India. She has worked extensively as an activist-organiser with People's Science Movements, Right to Health campaigns and women's Self-Help Group federations.
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