Sreelekha Nair
Biographic Data
| ID | 3583218 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sreelekha Nair |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sreelekha |
| FAMILY NAME | Nair |
| SIGNATURE | NAIR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sreelekha Nair is Junior Fellow at the Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi, India. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sending State Perspectives on the Global Migration of Indian Nurses
India has become one of the key sources for the global nursing labour force. While there is significant research on the experiences of Indian‐trained nurses in destination countries and their motivations to migrate, relatively less work explores the role of the sending state in this policy field, and rarely are subregional differences considered. In this paper, we focus on the policies and processes that are designed to or otherwise affect nurse …
Moving with the Times: Gender, Status and Migration of Nurses in India
This book is an attempt to penetrate the silence that surrounds the lives of nurses as migrant women. It offers a perceptive understanding of the trials faced specifically by women from the state of Kerala, in their personal and professional spheres, in the challenges posed to single women migrants as such, and the lower status ascribed to the job. In highlighting aspects of their lived experiences, it reveals how the identities of gender, class …
Nurses in the Private Health Sector in Kerala: Any Lessons Learnt from Their Strikes in Recent Years
This article analyses the series of strikes initiated by staff nurses in private hospitals in the state of Kerala. In spite of the growth of private sector health care institutions, working terms and conditions of nursing professionals are structured by a deeply iniquitous ethos. A number of strikes were organised that generated public interest and resulted in some potential long-term changes in the perspectives on health care professionals’ recr…
The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: A qualitative case study in Kerala, India
Report on the National Seminar on ‘Indian Nursing in the New Era of Healthcare’
Two day deliberations (2–3 December 2010) on Indian Nursing in the New Era of Healthcare were organised in New Delhi by the Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi and was supported by the Indian Council of Social Sciences on the occasion of the International Year of the Nurse. This was a national seminar with a difference as the participants included social science researchers, faculty of nursing in various universities across India, n…
Tisy Mariam Thomas, Iranginadappu, Memoirs, Malayalam . Kottayam: DC Books. 2008. 138 pages. Rs 70. and Sr. Jesme, Amen: Oru Kanyasthreeyude Atmakadha (Malayalam) . ( Amen: Autobiography of a Nun ). K…
Globalization and Livelihoods: The Perspective of Women Nurses in Delhi
Globalization, together with Structural Adjustment Programs in India, have led to many changes in the way people perceive their work opportunities and livelihoods. This paper examines the processes of globalization and the idea of livelihood from the perspective of women nurses in Delhi. These women have migrated from the state of Kerala and have specific strategies regarding these processes, which they believe will take care of their future pros…
Rethinking Citizenship, Community and Rights: The Case of Nurses from Kerala in Delhi
This article examines the relationship between state, citizenship, communities and rights by exploring the ways in which nurses from Kerala experience their professional lives and migration. Far from being a straightforward relationship between relocation and homogeneous citizenship as an Indian, cultural and linguistic attachments are sought by these women. Common, unmarked citizenship embodied in legal membership in the Indian state as Indian c…
The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: A qualitative case study in Kerala, India
Nurses in the Private Health Sector in Kerala: Any Lessons Learnt from Their Strikes in Recent Years
This article analyses the series of strikes initiated by staff nurses in private hospitals in the state of Kerala. In spite of the growth of private sector health care institutions, working terms and conditions of nursing professionals are structured by a deeply iniquitous ethos. A number of strikes were organised that generated public interest and resulted in some potential long-term changes in the perspectives on health care professionals’ recr…
Rethinking Citizenship, Community and Rights: The Case of Nurses from Kerala in Delhi
This article examines the relationship between state, citizenship, communities and rights by exploring the ways in which nurses from Kerala experience their professional lives and migration. Far from being a straightforward relationship between relocation and homogeneous citizenship as an Indian, cultural and linguistic attachments are sought by these women. Common, unmarked citizenship embodied in legal membership in the Indian state as Indian c…
Sending State Perspectives on the Global Migration of Indian Nurses
India has become one of the key sources for the global nursing labour force. While there is significant research on the experiences of Indian‐trained nurses in destination countries and their motivations to migrate, relatively less work explores the role of the sending state in this policy field, and rarely are subregional differences considered. In this paper, we focus on the policies and processes that are designed to or otherwise affect nurse …
Report on the National Seminar on ‘Indian Nursing in the New Era of Healthcare’
Two day deliberations (2–3 December 2010) on Indian Nursing in the New Era of Healthcare were organised in New Delhi by the Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi and was supported by the Indian Council of Social Sciences on the occasion of the International Year of the Nurse. This was a national seminar with a difference as the participants included social science researchers, faculty of nursing in various universities across India, n…
Globalization and Livelihoods: The Perspective of Women Nurses in Delhi
Globalization, together with Structural Adjustment Programs in India, have led to many changes in the way people perceive their work opportunities and livelihoods. This paper examines the processes of globalization and the idea of livelihood from the perspective of women nurses in Delhi. These women have migrated from the state of Kerala and have specific strategies regarding these processes, which they believe will take care of their future pros…
Globalization and Livelihoods: The Perspective of Women Nurses in Delhi
Globalization, together with Structural Adjustment Programs in India, have led to many changes in the way people perceive their work opportunities and livelihoods. This paper examines the processes of globalization and the idea of livelihood from the perspective of women nurses in Delhi. These women have migrated from the state of Kerala and have specific strategies regarding these processes, which they believe will take care of their future pros…
Rethinking Citizenship, Community and Rights: The Case of Nurses from Kerala in Delhi
This article examines the relationship between state, citizenship, communities and rights by exploring the ways in which nurses from Kerala experience their professional lives and migration. Far from being a straightforward relationship between relocation and homogeneous citizenship as an Indian, cultural and linguistic attachments are sought by these women. Common, unmarked citizenship embodied in legal membership in the Indian state as Indian c…
Tisy Mariam Thomas, Iranginadappu, Memoirs, Malayalam . Kottayam: DC Books. 2008. 138 pages. Rs 70. and Sr. Jesme, Amen: Oru Kanyasthreeyude Atmakadha (Malayalam) . ( Amen: Autobiography of a Nun ). K…
Report on the National Seminar on ‘Indian Nursing in the New Era of Healthcare’
Two day deliberations (2–3 December 2010) on Indian Nursing in the New Era of Healthcare were organised in New Delhi by the Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi and was supported by the Indian Council of Social Sciences on the occasion of the International Year of the Nurse. This was a national seminar with a difference as the participants included social science researchers, faculty of nursing in various universities across India, n…
Nurses in the Private Health Sector in Kerala: Any Lessons Learnt from Their Strikes in Recent Years
This article analyses the series of strikes initiated by staff nurses in private hospitals in the state of Kerala. In spite of the growth of private sector health care institutions, working terms and conditions of nursing professionals are structured by a deeply iniquitous ethos. A number of strikes were organised that generated public interest and resulted in some potential long-term changes in the perspectives on health care professionals’ recr…
The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: A qualitative case study in Kerala, India
Moving with the Times: Gender, Status and Migration of Nurses in India
This book is an attempt to penetrate the silence that surrounds the lives of nurses as migrant women. It offers a perceptive understanding of the trials faced specifically by women from the state of Kerala, in their personal and professional spheres, in the challenges posed to single women migrants as such, and the lower status ascribed to the job. In highlighting aspects of their lived experiences, it reveals how the identities of gender, class …
Sending State Perspectives on the Global Migration of Indian Nurses
India has become one of the key sources for the global nursing labour force. While there is significant research on the experiences of Indian‐trained nurses in destination countries and their motivations to migrate, relatively less work explores the role of the sending state in this policy field, and rarely are subregional differences considered. In this paper, we focus on the policies and processes that are designed to or otherwise affect nurse …
Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Globalization (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · State (computer science (3 works)