Tag: unorganised sector
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Women in the Informal Sector: A Saga of Constraints and Vulnerabilities
The advent of globalization and marketization has resulted in an emergent trend towards the ‘informalisation’ of the labor market. Policymakers have identified the income-generation potential and the significance of the informal sector as a source of jobs in adverse economic crises. However, the phenomena of globalization and the work sphere cannot be disassociated from their…
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Government to the Rescue of Domestic Workers
By Arifa Khan, Post Graduate College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad. The exploitation of women and children domestic workers is regularly reported and with no rights protecting them. Most of the domestic help have become contemporary slaves. They are everywhere, in our homes, around small dhabas, tea stalls and working in every menial job possible. They work…