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 to constitute by women belongings 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 labour legislations, allows for female domestic workers to be maltreated by their employers with impunity.
This volume contains 16 well-researched papers by scholars in the field of women studies. These scholarly papers explain and examine the various aspects of working conditions of women workers in India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Barsa
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kumar Chandradeep
Dr.Kumar Chandradeep, boern in 1967 at madhepura (Bihar) has got a brilliant academic career. He has been awarded "niversity Gold medal" and "Raja Sir Raghunandan Gold medal" for standing first class first at M.A. (English) examination. He did his Ph.D. in English from Patna University in 1995. he has been awarded "Michael Madhusudan Academy Award" in 2002. He is an Executive Editor of Cyber Literature, Patna. His papers and poems are widely published and anthologized. He has authored a book of criticism Walter de la mare: Poetry and Novels: an Evaluation in collaboration with Dr. C.L. Khatri. His poetry collection in English Individual Mirage and one in Hindi Kashish are in press. Currently he is teaching English Literature at College of Commerce, Patna.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ravi Prakash Yadav
Dr. Ravi Prakash Yadav is a faculty member of university Department of Industrial Relations and personnel Management, T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur (Bihar). He has more than 35 articles to his credit published in various journals, edited books and magazines. He has presented more than 15 papers in national and international seminars and conferences. He has authored 2 books, viz. Baal Shram: Samasaya Avam Samadhan and Bharat Main Mahila Shramik.
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