Women In Unorganised Sector: Quest For Social Justice - Hardcover

K. Uma Devi

9788184840742: Women In Unorganised Sector: Quest For Social Justice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8184840748 ISBN 13: 9788184840742

Publisher: Regal Publications, 2010

Women's contribution to the economy by and large remains unrecognized. Yet, their services are valuable. Women are working in the unorganized sector which does not offer fair wages and decent terms of work. Nor is there any opportunity to improve their earning potential. There are no supportive services like cr�ches, fuel and water. Sexual harassment is very acute in this sector. Contractors exploit young girls and women and in many a situation are forced to succumb to their lust. In the sphere of farm family labor, women's contribution is immense, but no effort has been made to estimate this. Although Indian Constitution guarantees democracy and confers the right to equality to all strata, the reality is that this guarantee of right to equality has not reached many lower sections of society. It is these people who struggle, are impoverished, alienated and concerned with basics for survival. The case of domestic workers is evidence to the fact that despite the guaranteed constitutional rights, their struggle for equality and survival continues. It is disheartening to note that domestic workers, as part of unorganized work force, remain the most exploited even after six decades of independence. Many migrant domestic workers in cities live on pavements or on slums and serve others in houses. A woman domestic worker has to sweep, swab, wash utensils and clothes in every house twice a day, morning and evening. But still they continue to work in adverse conditions. For instance, workers engaged in cleaning sewage may be killed by the noxious fumes that are often accumulated in the drain. This happens when the workers are not equipped with protective overalls or masks or when the mandatory tests to ascertain the level of toxic gases in the drain are not conducted. So, it is very necessary that social security should be given to the women workers who are working in unorganized sectors.

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