Subject(s): Women in Employment in India -- Women in Employment in Mexico. -- Women textile workers in India. -- Theoretical framework, research approach and methodology -- Introduction and theoretical framework : Forms of production and women's employment, women's access to employment, women and labour/labor process, women's labor, household and autonomy -- Research approach and methodology : Concept and propositions categories of labor and production units, women's access to employment, women in labor process, women within the household, choices and limitations of study, research methodology and data bases -- Case studies on women's labor- India an Mexico : Industrial policy, firm structures and women's employment in India and Mexico- Industrialization- policy and trends, employment legislation and trends, industrial structure -- Women's labor in Indian textile industry : Forms of production in textile industries, government policies, production unite structure, influence among sectors, women's labor- caste, class and gender relations, household, work and autonomy, work and autonomy -- Women's labor in Indian shrimp industry : National shrimp processing industry, forms of production in shrimp processing industry, firm structure, production unit structure, changes in production structure and technology, women workers in shrimp processing industry, personal and family characteristics, gender division of labor, changes in gender division of labor -- Women's labor in Mexican shoe industry : National shoe industry, Guadalajara- urban and industrial development, forms of production in shoe industry, women workers and gender division of labor in shoe industry, social background of women workers, gender division of labor, changes in gender division of labor -- Towards an understanding of women's role in industrialization : Forms of production- women's employment and household- labor market segmentation, women in labor process, women -household and autonomy -- women & labour