The very first episode of 'Women and Work - Why it Matters!' is here! Joining us for the very first episode of the ‘Women and Work - Why it Matters!’ podcast is Ashwini Deshpande, Professor of Economics and the Founding Director of Centre for Economic Data and Analysis (CEDA) at Ashoka University. Join your hosts Nilanjana and Purnima as they talk to Ashwini about women’s participation in the labour force, the value of women’s work, and much more!  The podcast series has been produced under ICRW Asia’s project, Rebuild: COVID-19 and women in the informal economy. Know more about the project: https://www.icrw.org/research-programs/assessing-covid-policy-impact-on-informal-workers-in-kenya-uganda/  Find more about ICRW at https://www.icrw.org/asia Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICRWAsia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ICRWAsia/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/icrw_org/ Find more about FII at https://feminisminindia.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FeminismInIndia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/feminisminindia/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feminisminindia/ Follow Ashwini Deshpande on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshwDeshpande Find more about CEDA, Ashoka University at https://ceda.ashoka.edu.in/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CedaAshoka Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ceda.ashoka/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ceda.ashoka/ ------------ Podcast Editor: Shriya Roy (FII) Podcast Hosts: Nilanjana Sengupta (ICRW), Purnima Singh (FII) Podcast Conceptualization and technical content: (ICRW team) Sneha Sharma, Nilanjana Sengupta, Ketaki V Nagaraju, Sharmishtha Nanda, Srishty Anand, and Pranita Achyut Podcast Communication and Administrative Support: (ICRW team) Ketaki V Nagaraju, Nitya Agarwal, Akriti Jayant and Sandeepa Fanda (FII team) Nishtha Shanti, Purnima Singh, Japleen Pasricha and Shriya Roy