"It Isn't Just Men Who Drive Tractors". Women Help Lead India's Historic Farm Protests

Author(s): Shashank Bengali, M.N. Parth

In: Los Angeles Times, 2021

This article explores the role of women in the farmers' protests in the context of 75 per cent of rural women working in agriculture. The authors note that this sector has been left behind in the boom accompanying the previous three decades of economic liberalization.

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https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-27/indias-farm-protests-driven-by-women

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