Synopsis This book supplements the already rich literature on gender by attempting to put in place a consistent framework for gender analysis by demonstrating the importance of identifying the context of such analysis, and by highlighting the necessity of differentiating ‘gender’ per se from its various ‘indicators’. It seeks to put in place a new agenda of gender research by expanding the existing set of gender indicators to include gender-related stress, anxiety and violence. The viability of this approach is demonstrated through a coordinated set of household surveys – carried out in export processing zones and export processing units – designed for inter-country comparisons between Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.