Publisher's Synopsis
This monograph gives an outline of the work participation trend among the tribal population in the North Bengal region of India and highlights the areas of gender gap and gender discrimination in the use of women labour. It argues that feminization of some occupations like agricultural labour and casual (bigha) labour in tea, and decline of women's share in the cultivator category are the clear indications of economic marginalization of tribal women. The other important argument of the monograph is that the backwardness in education and skill, lack of control over land and other resources, and the over exploitation of physical labour keep the tribal women subjugated in their own society as well as in the larger societal context.
