Status of Women Working in the Tea Plantations: A Case Study

The book results out of an empirical study on the status of women with special reference to the women working in the tea plantations. This is a maiden anthropological venture among the working women in Assam tea plantations. Tea workers in Assam are migrant communities belonging to different caste, tribe and religious affiliations. An attempt has been made in the exercise to understand the role and status of women in terms of their tribe/caste/religious affiliations. The book contains the analysed primary data on the position of women in family, society, at work, as well as in political life. All attempts have been made to have an absolute as well as a comparative understanding of the problem under study. The book will be useful not only for the social scientists and the social workers, but also for the planners, administrators and the various organizations (both Government and Non-Govt.) engaged in development activities.