Road to Rights : Women, Social Security and Protection in India

Preface -- Priti darooka -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Dr. N.C. Saxena -- Conceptual framework -- A society which cares : a framework for universal social protection / Harsh Mander -- Unpacking social protection from a women's rights lens / Sejal Dand -- The human right to social protection and the post-2015 development agenda / Dr. Timo Voipio -- Missing dimension -- Social protection for women workers : with special reference to unpaid domestic workers / Indira Hirway -- Women's invisibility as workers / Aasha Kapur Mehta -- Livelihood security critical for women's social security / Nalini Nayak -- Unpacking social security -- Social pensions : the real aadhar for the niradhar / Anjor Bhaskar -- Our secure beliefs and their insecure lives : sex workers organize for change / Shubha Chacko, Gowri Vijayakumar, Subadra Panchanadeswaran -- Food and nutrition security in India : challenges ahead / Biraj Patnaik -- Maternity entitlements in India : an overview / Yamini Atmavilas -- Strengthening NREGA from a gender perspective : learnings from the field / Subhalakshmi Nandi -- Women and social security : convergence model of delivery / Rashmi Singh -- About the editor and contributors -- About pwescr. Social security is an investment in human resources, which can provide overall security for a person within the family, workplace, and society. The right to social security is an important human right and an essential precondition for the realization of all human rights. It thus represents an essential transformation from needs-based charity to rights-based social justice. Road to Rights examines the conceptual framework of social security, and focuses the reader's attention on the missing dimensions of social security and protection for women in India. It explores experiences and lessons learned from various interventions on the ground, throwing particular light on the problems faced by specific vulnerable groups, such as female domestic workers, and sex workers. One of the first comprehensive resource books on social security, it will be of immense value to government departments, policymakers, development sector workers, as well as students and scholars of policy studies and gender studies.