1. Devaki Jain was born on 1933 and is an Indian economist and writer, who has worked mainly in the field of feminist economics.
17 Facts About Devaki Jain
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Devaki Jain took an active part in writing, lecturing, networking, building, leading, and supporting women.
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Devaki Jain has worked in the field of women's employment and edited the book Indian Women for India's International Women's Year.
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Devaki Jain has worked for local, national, and international women's movements.
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Devaki Jain has traveled extensively as a participant in many networks and forums.
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Devaki Jain is a member of the erstwhile South Commission founded by Nyerere.
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Devaki Jain was a member of the Advisory Panel set up by the United Nations Development Programme to advise on the preparation of the 1997 Human Development Report on Poverty and for the 2002 Report on Governance.
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Devaki Jain was a member of the Eminent Persons Group of the Graca Machel Study Group appointed by the UN to study the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children.
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Devaki Jain introduces the term "feminization of poverty" from the feminist economist point of view.
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Devaki Jain argues that "feminization" devalues the increased presence of women.
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Devaki Jain was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Durban-Westville, Republic of South Africa.
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Devaki Jain received the Bradford Morse Memorial Award from the UNDP at the Beijing World Conference.
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Devaki Jain was a visiting Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex and a Fulbright Senior Fellow affiliated both with Harvard University and Boston University.
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Devaki Jain was a Fellow at the Government of Karnataka's State Planning Board, a member of the UGC's Standing Committee on Women's Studies, and a member of the South Commission, when chaired by Julius Nyerere.
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Devaki Jain was married to the Gandhian economist Lakshmi Chand Jain from 1966 until his death in 2010.
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Devaki Jain has two children, including Sreenivasan Jain, the ex managing editor of NDTV.
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Devaki Jain contributed the piece "A condition across caste and class" to the 1984 anthology Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology, edited by Robin Morgan.