Women Workers in India

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The problems of women workers in general-and in the unorganized sector in particular-deserve special attention and focus in view of their marginalized position within the class of workers. The position of women workers in rural India is considerably lower than that of women in general. The bottom layer is constituted by women belonging to the lowest social status groups. A number of national and international studies have documented the sex-typing of jobs and occupations by women. Occupational segregation represents a form of discrimination. Discrimination on the lines of gender is not always overt. It appears in very subtle forms such as in the nature of work performed, skills required to perform the work and the valuation of these skills and the technology used by men and women. One problem more specific to women is that they are subject to various forms of harassment at the workplace. Verbal and physical violence against women has been an age-old method of subjugating them. Female and child domestic workers constitute a large portion of migrant worker population. Working in the unregulated domain of a private home, mostly without the protection of national labor legislation, allows for female domestic workers to be maltreated by their employers with impunity.

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Dr. Ravi Prakash Yadav is a faculty member of the University Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Bhagalpur (Bihar). He has more than 35 articles to his credit published in various journals, edited books and magazines. He has presented more than 17 papers in national and international seminars and conferences. He has authored 4 books, viz. Bal Shram: Samasaya Avam Samadhan; Bharat May Mahila Shramik; Globalization and the Indian Economy and Lengik Hinsa Avam Mahila Sashaktikaran. Dr. Kumar Chandradeep is a faculty member of the Department of English, College of Commerce, Patna. He has to his credit a number ofresearch papers and book reviews. He has attended and presented papers at various seminars and conferences, both national and international. He has authored two books, viz. Walter de la Mare: Poetry and Novels: An Evaluation and Indian Drama in English. He is one of the editors of Cyber Literature, Patliputra Journal of English Studies and Vimarsh. Mrs. Barsa is an active researcher in social sciences. She has to her credit a number of academic papers. She has participated and presented papers in national and international seminars.