WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT IN INDIA

Abstract

Women workers in India encounter very different conditions from those found in most Western countries. There is no system of universal state welfare benefits for periods of unemployment or for old age. Women without the financial support of a man must rely on the wider family structure if they are unemployed or underemployed, and this reliance is exacerbated when they have dependants. At the same time, there are strong cultural prohibitions in some parts of India against women undertaking paid work outside the home, both for the purpose of demonstrating men's status as providers, and to protect women's sexuality (and thereby men's honour) from other men.

Citation

(1988), "WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT IN INDIA", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 7 No. 4/5, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb010490