Mercatus Center | Rithika Kumar on the Impact of Male Migration on Women’s Political Engagement @MercatusCenter | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Shruti spoke with Rithika Kumar, who is a Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies (https://kellogg.nd.edu/rithika-kumar)  at the University of Notre Dame. She received her PhD in political science from the University of Pennsylvania (https://www.polisci.upenn.edu/)  in August 2023.


Her research lies at the intersection of gender, urbanization and politics in India. Shruti and Rithika discussed her job market paper titled “Left Behind or Left Ahead? (dropbox.com/scl/fi/zstjru4ywnjlq5ytwlrtp/JMP.pdf?dl=0&rlkey=atybi5749h5sxd01ksjcfk82n) ” and the feminization of politics, political and social impact of migration, norms holding back women, and much more.


Recorded September 6th, 2023.


Read a full transcript (mercatus.org/ideasofindia/rithika-kumar-impact-male-migration-womens-political-engagement)  enhanced with helpful links.


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