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| Occupation | Professor |
|---|---|
| Academic background | St. Stephen's College, Delhi |
| University of East Anglia, Norwich |
Nitya Rao is an Indian-born researcher, teacher at the University of East Anglia (UEA) who has published extensively on gender and development, with a specific focus on rural areas.[1] Her research covers topics such as gender-based violence, women's empowerment, and livelihood strategies in agriculture. Rao's work has contributed to understanding the role of gender in agricultural development.[2]
Career
[edit]Nitya Rao completed her education with a Ph.D. in Gender and Development from the University of East Anglia in 2002.[3] After completing her Ph.D., she joined the University of East Anglia as a Lecturer where she has remained. She is currently Professor, Gender and Development at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.[2] She has worked extensively as a researcher, practitioner, and advocate in the field of women’s rights, empowerment, and education. At present, Nitya is a member of the Steering Group of the High Level Panel of Experts to the Committee on Global Food Security, with oversight for the 16th HLPE Report on youth engagement.[4]
Research
[edit]Nitya Rao's focus throughout all her activities, thus: social activist, teacher, trainer and researcher, is on the theme of gender equality and women's empowerment. Within this theme, she has a wide range of related interdisciplinary issues that she addresses, including resource rights, social equality, and rural development.[5]
Her book, "Good women do not inherit Land: Politics of Land and Gender in India", was published by Social Science Press and Orient Blackswan in New Delhi in 2008 and reprinted in 2012. This demonstrates her interest in understanding land use change and agrarian relations, as well as food and nutrition security and, by extension, the well-being of marginalised (often female), predominantly rural communities who are affected by various difficulties such as climate change or economic insecurity.[5]
Current projects
[edit]The project "Meeting the SDGs: Creating Innovative Infrastructures and Policy Solutions to Support Sustainable Development in the Global South" (October 2019 to December 2021) is part of a larger UEA grant.[1]
Another current research project is "Tigr2ess: Transforming India's Green Revolution through Research and Empowerment for Sustainable Food Supplies" (2017-2021). This is about a partnership between India and the UK to achieve a Green Revolution in India with influence on setting the policy agenda, and to identify and agree on joint research programs focused on sustainable production and resource use. The focus is on rural youth, with women farmers also playing an important role and the goal of food security.[6]
As part of a European-Indian partnership, India, Norway, France, Slovenia and the United Kingdom are working together on the "Costal Transformations and Fisher Wellbeing" project (2019-2022).[7] The aim is to work towards transformative change at the political and community level.[8]
Nitya Rao's geographic research focus is South Asia, particularly India, but she has also conducted research in the eastern part of Africa such as Kenya, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.[1] As we can see, these are regions where climate change poses a serious threat and contributes to reinforcing gender inequality.
With over 117 “Research outputs” she has contributed much to the scholarly discussion on gender equality and empowerment in the Global South, and her voice has gained much prominence in recent years, as evidenced by the fact that her work has been cited over 3555 times, with 2128 of the citations occurring since 2018.[9]
Selected publications
[edit]Rao, N., Narain, N., Chakraborty, S., Bhanjdeo, A. and A. Pattnaik (2020) Destinations Matter: Social Policy and Migrant workers in the times of Covid. European Journal of Development Research. DOI: 10.1057/s41287-020-00326-4[10]
Rao, N., (2020) The achievement of food and nutrition security in South Asia is deeply gendered. Nature Food. 1(April): 206-209. Doi:10.1038/s43016-020-0059-0.[11]
Rao, N. and R. Manimohan (2020). (Re-)Negotiating Gender and Class: New Forms of Cooperation Among Small-Scale Fishers in Tamil Nadu. UNRISD Occasional Paper 11. 32 p.[12]
Rao, N., Singh, C., Solomon, D., et al. (2020). Managing risk, changing aspirations and household dynamics: implications for wellbeing and adaptation in semi-arid Africa and India. World Development. Vol 125. 104667:15p.[13]
Rao, N and S. Raju (2019) Gendered time, seasonality and nutrition: Insights from two Indian districts. Feminist Economics. 26(2): 95-125.[14]
Rao, N (2019) From abandonment to autonomy: gendered strategies for coping with climate change, Isiolo country, Kenya. Geoforum. 102: 27-37.[15]
Rao, N., Gazdar, H., Chanchani, D. and M. Ibrahim (2019) Women’s agricultural work and nutrition in South Asia: From pathways to a cross-disciplinary, grounded analytical framework.
Food Policy. 82: 50-62.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Nitya Rao". University of East Anglia. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ a b "RAO Nitya". HLPE - High Level Panel of Experts. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "Nitya Rao". The Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ a b "Nitya Rao". The Conversation. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "TIGR2ESS: Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies". tigr2ess.globalfood.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "FisherCoast | Coastal transformations and fisher wellbeing – synthesized perspectives from India and Europe". Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "BBC feature: The stories and the science behind some of the wildest weather - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research". tyndall.ac.uk. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "Nitya Rao". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ Rao, Nitya; Narain, Nivedita; Chakraborty, Shuvajit; Bhanjdeo, Arundhita; Pattnaik, Ayesha (2020-12-01). "Destinations Matter: Social Policy and Migrant Workers in the Times of Covid". The European Journal of Development Research. 32 (5): 1639–1661. doi:10.1057/s41287-020-00326-4. ISSN 1743-9728. PMC 7590571. PMID 33132542.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) - ^ Rao, Nitya (2020-04-06). "The achievement of food and nutrition security in South Asia is deeply gendered". Nature Food. 1 (4): 206–209. doi:10.1038/s43016-020-0059-0. ISSN 2662-1355.
- ^ Rao, Nitya; Renganathan, Manimohan (2020-08-28). "(Re-)Negotiating Gender and Class:New Forms of Cooperation Among Small-Scale Fishers in Tamil Nadu": 1–32.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Rao, Nitya; Singh, Chandni; Solomon, Divya; Camfield, Laura; Sidiki, Rahina; Angula, Margaret; Poonacha, Prathigna; Sidibé, Amadou; Lawson, Elaine T. (2020-01-01). "Managing risk, changing aspirations and household dynamics: Implications for wellbeing and adaptation in semi-arid Africa and India". World Development. 125: 104667. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104667. ISSN 0305-750X.
- ^ Rao, Nitya; Raju, S. (2020-04-02). "Gendered Time, Seasonality, and Nutrition: Insights from Two Indian Districts". Feminist Economics. 26 (2): 95–125. doi:10.1080/13545701.2019.1632470. ISSN 1354-5701.
- ^ Rao, Nitya (2019-06-01). "From abandonment to autonomy: Gendered strategies for coping with climate change, Isiolo County, Kenya". Geoforum. 102: 27–37. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.03.017. ISSN 0016-7185.
- ^ Rao, Nitya; Gazdar, Haris; Chanchani, Devanshi; Ibrahim, Marium (2019-01-01). "Women's agricultural work and nutrition in South Asia: From pathways to a cross-disciplinary, grounded analytical framework". Food Policy. Special Issue: Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia. 82: 50–62. doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.10.014. ISSN 0306-9192.