It shows that women are not working in even part-time jobs, and are not seeking out employment. It also shows that the female labour force participation saw a dip in some cities in comparison to the percentage in the 2011 Census.
In a ground-breaking effort, the central government recently eased out policies of recruitment to allow women workers to work in underground coal mines. It also revoked the rule that prohibited women to work in surface mines during night shifts. This was a 60-year-old law that violated women’s right to work in mines because the government […]
When we talk about women’s rights, freedom of expression and their autonomy, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MEITY) guidelines for women’s safety in online space comes as a great shocker. Today, women are fighting for a life where the society is not constantly telling them how to behave in public, what to do, […]
A Delhi government report revealed that a total of 19.6 lakh workers work in trading, service and the manufacturing sector in the capital and only 11.4% among them are women. Close to half of these women work as “informal hired workers”. The report on unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises (excluding constructions) in the capital is based on […]
