Research Abstracts on Child Labour Women Labour - Nipccd

Foreword
<strong>Research</strong> on women and children reveals that there are several areas which require the
attention of planners and programme implementers. Policy decisions based on research
findings are rooted in ground reality, and therefore have the capacity to bring about
tangible improvement in the situation, whether it is with regard to nutritional status, health
practices, income generation, domestic violence or rights of women and children. <strong>Research</strong>
on social issues in India is being conducted by a plethora of organisations, namely research
institutes, government ministries and departments, autonomous organisations, home science
colleges, social work departments of universities, medical colleges, international and national
voluntary organisations. As research is a vital input for development, planners,
administrators and researchers are on the look out for social factors which have the
potential to impact the outcomes of various government programmes. With this aim in view,
the Documentation Centre for Women and Children (DCWC) of the Institute is engaged in
the process of collecting and documenting valuable research in the areas of women and
children. DCWC collects research findings from many widely scattered sources for the use
of researchers. Hence this project was undertaken to bring out compilations of research
abstracts on various areas for the benefit of users.
“<strong>Research</strong> <strong>Abstracts</strong> on Child Labour, Labour and Women Labour, 1998-2009” has been
compiled to present widely scattered research in a compact form, and assist in making
encapsulated information and recommendations of research available to planners,
programme implementers and researchers. <strong>Research</strong> studies conducted by various
organisations during the period 1998 to 2009 have been summarised on various subjects
such as various industries (brass, brick kiln, carpet, construction, diamond, hotel, hosiery,
leather, glass, etc.), abuse of working children, education of child labour, elimination of
child labour, health hazardous, substance abuse, evaluation of National Child Labour
Projects, domestic workers and ragpickers, and working conditions of workers in various
industries including the unorganized sector, etc.
It is hoped that this document would be of immense value to all stakeholders working for
the survival, development and empowerment of women and children. It would not have been
possible to bring out this document without the cooperation of various organisations who
have very kindly shared their research studies with NIPCCD. I wish to place on record my
appreciation of the efforts put in by the staff of DCWC specially Smt. Meenakshi Sood,
Deputy Director, and Dr. Sulochana Vasudevan, Joint Director (WD) for overall guidance
and support in completion of this project.
(Dinesh Paul)
Director