A study of the regional differences in patterns of women's employment, this book provides an account of the sexual division of labour in India, the position of capitalist industry, the attitude of trade unions and male co-workers towards women and earnings discrepancies.

Introduction : 'a myriad of well-wishing "little sisters"' -- Globalizing India : the rise of the call centre and BPO industries -- Pinking and rethinking professional identities : the construction of women's work identities -- BTMs in BPOs : using sartorial strategies to establish patterns of identification and recognition -- Techs and the city : challenging patriarchal norms through spatial practice -- Conclusion : agency and identity.

Homeworkers in Global Perspective documents the lives of homeworkers, exploring state policies towards them, and describing the innovative ways in which homeworkers organize. Moving away from well-known, already explored cases, the essays focus on less-known but equally compelling examples organize, and covers the major geographic regions of the world and illustrates the diversity of home-based work and homeworker organizing.

In this issue each article addresses a topical and controversial theme in contemporary feminist debate: pornography, the veil, HRT, disability and the Inkatha Women's Brigade.

A study of the regional differences in patterns of women's employment, this book provides an account of the sexual division of labour in India, the position of capitalist industry, the attitude of trade unions and male co-workers towards women and earnings discrepancies.

Contributed articles presented earlier at several seminars on women's studies and feminism in India.

A women domestic worker is a person who works within the employer's household. Domestic workers perform a variety of household services for an individual or a family, from providing care for children and elderly dependents to housekeeping, including cleaning and household maintenance. Other responsibilities may include cooking, laundry and ironing, shopping for food and undertaking other household errands. Such work has always needed to be done but before the Industrial Revolution and the advent of labour saving devices, it was physically much harder.