Gender and Enterprise under Covid 19: India’s Policy Imperatives

Book ID: ISED-364

Book Type: Soft Copy

Description

The global agenda of economic empowerment of women, which forms a central place in the Sustainable Development Goals, got intoits present stage through various steps. While the question of empowerment was essentially considered in terms of employment and livelihood opportunities to begin with, today it has gained a central position in mainstream economic development strategies. As such, the basic labor market issues have been discussed with gender as an important component of it. The various international organizations, such as the ILO, ITC, and the UNIDO have significant contributions in shaping their global agenda, with varying implica-tions, relating to technology, trade and employment. ‘Gender and Enterprise’ has become a constituency in itself. In the strategies of enterprise and entrepreneurship promotion, this dimension has been seriously incorporated. The ongoing Pandemic, Ovid 19, impliesan additional complex dimension to India’s agenda of ‘Gender and Enterprise’.