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Alice Evans on The Great Gender Divergence

Alice Evans on The Great Gender Divergence

FromIdeas of India


Alice Evans on The Great Gender Divergence

FromIdeas of India

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Length:
92 minutes
Released:
May 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, Shruti talks with Alice Evans about issues affecting women in India, including single-gender education, son preference, social media and many others. Evans is a lecturer at King’s College London and a faculty associate at the Center for International Development at Harvard’s Kennedy School. She has published on topics such as women’s labor force participation, urbanization and social change, pro-worker reforms, what drives support for gender equality and more. Her book “The Great Gender Divergence” is forthcoming from Princeton University Press. Follow Shruti on Twitter: https://twitter.com/srajagopalan  Follow Alice on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_alice_evans For a transcript of this conversation and helpful links, visit DiscourseMagazine.com.
Released:
May 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Through conversations with top thinkers in the social sciences and beyond, economist Shruti Rajagopalan explores the ideas that will propel India forward.