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Alaka Basu

Alaka M. Basu is Professor, Development Sociology, Cornell University, and a member of the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission on Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health
Fertility and reproduction

The political responsibility for sexual and reproductive health and rights

March 10, 2021February 18, 2019 Alaka Basu
Health, Reproduction, sex

Political representatives are routinely accused of not following up on promises. They get less criticism for not speaking on citizen rights. In the case of sexual and reproductive health and … Read more

Families and households

The emergence of the one-child family in India

March 4, 2021September 5, 2016 Alaka Basu and Sonalde Desai
Asia, Children, Reproduction

The whole world knows and talks about the “one-child” phenomenon in China. Most of this discussion is tied to analyses of the one-child policy instituted by the Chinese government in … Read more

Environment and development

The Merry-go-round of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

March 3, 2021February 1, 2016 Alaka Basu
Africa, Asia, Demography, Gender issues, population, Work

Advocacy is a funny thing. If you feel strongly enough about a cause, as everyone in international development does these days, it is no longer enough to campaign for something … Read more

Gender issues

If American women have it so bad, why should India’s women not “not join” the labor force?

March 14, 2021January 18, 2016 Alaka Basu
Americas, Asia, Gender issues, Oceania, Women, Work

If there is one gender issue that has mainstream America rightly roiled up today, it has to do with women and work, or more specifically, women at work. Never-ending reports in … Read more

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