Carol has been featured in the February 2014 issue of Quepolandia magazine. Read the article online HERE.
Create jobs, disposable income for rural women, urges expert
The India Express. 10 December 2013
A study of a rural Indian village called Gove in Satara district of Maharashtra, spanning over 30 years (from 1975 to 2008), has revealed that funding for family planning, health and education programmes has made great strides. But the final step — creating jobs and disposable income for rural women — has not achieved any significant success.
Demographer and women’s health specialist Dr Carol Vlassoff, in a new book, Gender Equality and Inequality in Rural India. Blessed with a Son, has published the results of the study and said that aid donors to India are going down the wrong path when it comes to bringing millions of rural women into the modern economy.
Keep reading…INTERVIEW with Carol: White-collar jobs for rural women needed to enhance gender equality – new book
By Robert MacMillan, REUTERS, India Insight. December 10, 2013
Read Carol’s interview with Robert HERE.