@incollection{fdi:010091697,
  title = {{T}here has been no silent revolution : a decade of empowerment for women in rural {T}amil {N}adu},
  author = {{G}u{\'e}rin, {I}sabelle and {M}ichiels, {S}. and {N}ordman, {C}hristophe and {R}eboul, {E}. and {V}enkatasubramanian, {G}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n 2003, the then {C}hief {M}inister of {T}amil {N}adu in southern {I}ndia, {J}ayaram {J}ayalalithaa, gave a speech about the 'silent revolution' of the empowerment of {I}ndian women. {B}ut 15 years on, regrettably, the promises of that revolution do not seem to have been fulfilled. {T}hanks to the various programs set up to champion women's empowerment (involving local {NGO}s, public programs, and international support), women are now more prominent in certain public spaces and are able to play a genuine advocacy role with regard to the public authorities. {G}irls education has also significantly improved. {B}ut it has not brought about improved employment opportunities. {W}omen are in fact losing out on paid employment (as is the case in {I}ndia as a whole). {T}hey are also heavily indebted (not only from microcredit, but also informal lending and lending from private financial companies). {T}heir indebtedness is disproportionate to their income, and compared to men. {M}oreover, women almost exclusively put debt toward the social reproduction of families. {R}educed opportunities for paid employment and massive debt have hit {D}alit women particularly hard. {T}he analyses of this chapter use data collected over more than a decade in a rural area of {T}amil {N}adu, drawing together ethnography and quantitative data, including panel data (2010-2016). {T}hey shed light on the complexity of social change, intertwining forms of domination (here, caste, and gender), and the ambiguous qualities of so-called empowerment programs, whose impacts have been various and unexpected.},
  keywords = {{INDE} ; {TAMIL} {NADU}},
  booktitle = {{A}dvances in women's empowerment : critical insight from {A}sia, {A}frica and {L}atin {A}merica},
  numero = {29},
  pages = {183--200},
  address = {{L}eeds},
  publisher = {{E}merald {P}ublishing {L}imited },
  series = {{A}dvances in {G}ender {R}esearch},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1108/{S}1529-212620200000029008},
  ISBN = {978-1-83982-473-9},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010091697},
}