Can women-only factories help more Indian women into work?
Ola, an electric-scooter manufacturer, is trying to find out
WHEN KAVIPRIYA, a 22-year-old from a village in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, decided to take a factory job, her family was not thrilled. “My mother-in-law wanted me to stay at home and look after my two-year-old son,” she explains. Her relatives eventually came around when they realised that Kavipriya would be earning good money to supplement her husband’s income as a cab driver.
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This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Women’s work”
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