Across India, unconditional cash transfers are transforming the country’s welfare landscape, with millions of women now receiving regular payments. What can this major policy experiment tell us about women’s economic empowerment and the recognition of unpaid domestic and care work?

Join Professor Prabha Kotiswaran (Professor of Law & Social Justice, King’s College London) and Professor Louise Tillin (Vice Dean (Research), Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy, King’s College London) for a discussion of Professor Prabha’s new book, Wages for Housework: India’s Experiment with Unconditional Cash Transfers to Women.

Drawing on research into cash transfer programmes across India, the book explores whether these policies can provide greater recognition for women’s unpaid work and contribute to their economic and social empowerment.

Chaired by Professor Michael Sanders (Director, School for Government, King’s College London), the discussion will consider what India’s experience tells us about gender, care and the future of welfare policy, as well as what is needed for cash transfers to bring about more transformative change for women.

Please find the registration link here.