Recognition of the Rights of Domestic Workers in India: Challenges and the Way Forward

Front Matter ....Pages i-xix
 Introducing the Status of Domestic Workers in India  (Upasana Mahanta, Indranath Gupta)....Pages 1-17
 Entitlements of Domestic Workers in India: Welfare or Right  (Uday Shankar)....Pages 19-34
 Globalization, Democracy and the Capabilities Approach to Labour Law: Making the Case for Domestic Workers in India  (Tvisha Shroff)....Pages 35-53
 Situated Experience as Basis of Legitimate Law-Making: ILO Convention 189 and Domestic Workers in India  (Supriya Routh)....Pages 55-70
 Workplace Sexual Harassment of Women Domestic Workers: Issues and Challenges in the Legal Framework in India  (Ritu Gupta)....Pages 71-86
 Caste as a Framework to Study Domestic Labour: A Comparative Law Perspective  (Sameena Dalwai)....Pages 87-105
 The Informal Domestic Workers in India—A Descriptive Mapping of NSSO Data  (Yugank Goyal, Rakesh Kumar)....Pages 107-125
 Governing Dynamics of Intra-household Bargaining Relations in Informal Urban Spaces: Reflections from the Case of Female Domestic Workers Across India  (Deepanshu Mohan)....Pages 127-162
 ‘Well-Being’ of Domestic Workers in India  (Sanjeev P. Sahni, Mohita Junnarkar)....Pages 163-175
 Rights of Domestic Workers in India: A Critical Analysis of Efforts of the National Human Rights Commission of India  (Y. S. R. Murthy)....Pages 177-190