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Marginalization and Resilience: Sustainable Livelihood Strategies Among Muslim Minority Women in Telangana, India

Author(s) Dr. Mohammad Ghouse
Country India
Abstract Muslim women in Telangana occupy one of the most economically precarious positions in the state, situated at the intersection of religious minority status, gender inequity, and, for a majority, low socio-economic class. Drawing on the Sachar Committee Report, national Periodic Labour Force Survey and National Sample Survey data, the Telangana Social, Educational, Employment, Economic, Political and Caste Survey, and field-based studies of Muslim households in the state, this paper examines the structural barriers that constrain Muslim women's economic participation and the livelihood strategies through which many nonetheless sustain their households. The paper documents patterns of work participation, occupational concentration in home-based and informal activity, and the compounding effects of restricted mobility, low educational attainment, and limited access to formal credit. It then turns to resilience, tracing how self-help groups, home-based enterprises such as tailoring and zari embroidery, food-based micro-enterprise, and community support networks allow Muslim women to sustain household income, particularly where the male earner is absent, underemployed, or unable to work. The paper argues that sustainable livelihood interventions for this population must move beyond generic women's-empowerment frameworks to account for the specific religious, spatial, and occupational context of Telangana's Muslim women, and it recommends targeted skill development, community-anchored credit access, and formalization of home-based enterprise as pathways toward durable economic resilience.
Keywords Muslim minority women; livelihood strategies; Telangana; marginalization; resilience; women's work participation; informal economy; self-help groups
Published In Volume 15, Issue 2, July-December 2024
Published On 2024-09-07
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