WORKING CONDITIONS OF WOMEN DOMESTIC WORKERS: AN OVERVIEW

Women domestic workers constitute majority of the workforce in unorganized sector in India. They facing gender inequality, poverty, illiteracy, lower wages, over workload, exploitation, discrimination, job insecurity, lack of leave facilities, absence of benefits such as ESI and  PF. Majority of the women domestic workers were married and of middle or old aged. Due to low-education, they are not getting good employment opportunities. Some are generating their own income, majority of them have not owned any properties in their personal names. The present paper made an attempt to know the working condition of women domestic workers in Haveri city. Simple Radom sampling method was used and 150 interviewed women domestic workers with the help of interview schedules.

 

Keywords: Women Domestic Workers, Unorganized Sector, Sociology of Gender, ESI, PF.


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