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Name Megumi Niimura
Belonging department Global Communication Course,Department of Human Culture,Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Occupation name Professor
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Title

Organizing Domestic Workers in India and the Evolution of Social Movements: A Historical Sociological Approach

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Date of Issue

201509

Conference Presentation(name)

The Japanese Association for South Asian Studies (JASAS)

Summary

28th National Conference (Tokyo, University of Tokyo, 27/09/2015). The state of Jharkhand, where many of India's designated tribes reside, sends many female migrants to Delhi. These women are engaged as domestic workers. This study reviews and discusses the factors that have sent the women and how the organizing by the parties has been established and developed their activities.