Social security in India for women in unorganised sector: An overview (original) (raw)

2013

Abstract

The paper presents an overview of the situation of women in informal employment in India and their access to social protection, and examines key public policy issues in extending social protection to this group. The Indian economy can well be studied in two distinct sectors, organized and unorganized (informal). Informal employment of women in India is a recent problem. The widespread informal sector in the country is a major contributor to its development but at the same time it is plagued by several problems such as no proper service rules, no wage rules and no possibilities of career advancement. Woman workers in the unorganised sector is characterised as one in which women do arduous work as wage earners, piece-rate workers, casual labour, paid and unpaid family labour. This is a product of economic crises, labour market liberalization, inadequate welfare reforms/social security and their poor implementation. Relaxed attitude is shown towards this important gender dimension. Wom...

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