{"product_id":"running-on-hope-female-community-health-labor-in-rajasthan-india-paperback","title":"Running on Hope: Female Community Health Labor in Rajasthan, India - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSvea Closser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSurendra Singh Shekhawat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout India, Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) visit households in their communities to deliver essential health services and link community members with key health benefits. Like many other female Community Health Workers across the world, ASHAs are often portrayed as virtuous, passive volunteers, selflessly providing services to their neighbors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The reality is more complicated and much more interesting. Drawing on ethnographic work in Rajasthan, \u003ci\u003eRunning on Hope\u003c\/i\u003e follows ASHAs through striking personal transformations. From their positions as rural daughters-in-law--a particularly low-power position in Rajasthan--ASHAs have, over years of work, gained unprecedented autonomy for young rural women. They have also gained a deep understanding of what many argue is the exploitation involved in their low-ranking position in the health system. ASHAs often earn less than $100 per month for extensive work, well below the legal minimum wage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To counter this, many ASHAs have joined unions--an endeavor that has ultimately proven disappointing: union leaders' desires for political advancement are often at odds with ASHAs' own needs. However, ASHAs do not have connections, money, or social power to organize effectively on their own, without a political patron. In \u003ci\u003eRunning on Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, authors Svea Closser and Surendra Singh Shekhawat interview women who work as ASHAs to learn about their organizing goals, their roles in their community as conduits to health education and resources, and their hopes for a better future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSvea Closser\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor in the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurendra Singh Shekhawat\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent researcher in Jaipur, Rajasthan.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46045752393864,"sku":"9780826507631","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/7168\/9864\/files\/HMpQLQIWS99780826507631.webp?v=1780758882","url":"https:\/\/birzeitsociety.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/running-on-hope-female-community-health-labor-in-rajasthan-india-paperback","provider":"Birzeit Society Online Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}