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Abbreviations
- BOCW Acts::
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Building and Other Construction Workers and Building and Other Construction Workers Cess Acts
- HS::
-
Human Security
- ILO::
-
International Labour Organisation
- MGNREGA::
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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
- MMC::
-
Mumbai Mobile Creches
- NGOs::
-
Non-governmental Organizations
- OBCs::
-
Other Backward Castes
- SGBV::
-
Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- YUVA::
-
Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action
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Krcmar, C. (2022). Female Labor Workforce and Precarity in India’s Construction Sector. In: Hewamanne, S., Yadav, S. (eds) The Political Economy of Post-COVID Life and Work in the Global South: Pandemic and Precarity. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93228-2_4
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