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Domestic Workers <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Abstracts</strong> on Women Labour Bhatt, Aparna and Sen, Aatreyee. (2005). Report on domestic workers. New Delhi : National Commission for Women. 98 p. Key Words : 1.WOMEN LABOUR 2.DOMESTIC WORKERS 3.PROBLEMS OF DOMESTIC WORKERS 4.LEGISLATION FOR WOMEN 5.LEGISLATION FOR WOMEN LABOUR 6.CASE STUDIES DOMESTIC WORKER Abstract : The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines a domestic worker as “someone who carries out household work in private households in return for wages”. The report focused on the findings of two public hearings in Mumbai and Delhi. The hearings investigated cases of gross human rights violations against domestic labourers/ workers by both state and private parties, and aimed to report, campaign and litigate for the same. A gathering was organized of 140 domestic workers in Mumbai and 200 domestic workers in Delhi. These hearings had a multi-disciplinary panel consisting of professionals ranging from lawyers, journalists, activists to academicians, etc. Domestic workers were categorized into 3 groups namely child domestic workers (CDWs), live in workers (full timers), and part time domestic workers. The problem of each type of worker was not very different from the other but the intensity of exploitation increased with lower age groups (children). The report showed that poverty was the main factor responsible for the plight of domestic workers. Several other problems faced by domestic workers were strenuous working hours, low wages, no job security, physical assault if the work was not done, frequent scolding for minor things like breaking a cup, and most of the times salary was deducted for any breakage or minor accidental damage while at work. One major problem faced by live in workers/ full timers was trafficking. They were trafficked from villages and brought to Bombay or Delhi by giving them high expectations of better lives and most of the time false hopes. All the full timers and part time domestic workers complained that no yearly increment, holidays, bonus, medical allowances and maternity leave benefits were given to them. Suggestions given/ made by panelists were that CDWs should be treated like children not as slaves or bonded labour by their employers; compulsory registration of domestic workers should be done to avoid the problem of very young children working in homes; awareness and sensitization programmes should be launched for both politicians and government servants on the plight of domestic workers; all domestic workers throughout the country should be guaranteed minimum wages, paid work off, adequate and free medical treatment; and the Labour Commissioner of the states should register all CDWs under the provisions of Child Labour Act. 85 <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Abstracts</strong> on Child Labour, Labour and Women Labour 1998 - 2009
Landless Labour Kumar, Hajira et al. (2004). Victims of social injustice : landless labourer women in the states of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh : a study (executive summary). New Delhi : Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies. 236 p. Key Words : 1.WOMEN LABOUR 2.LANDLESS LABOUR 3.SOCIAL INJUSTICE 4.WOMEN LANDLESS LABOURERS 5.AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS 6.POOR WOMEN 7.VULNERABLE GROUPS 8.VULNERABLE WOMEN 9.DELHI 10.HARYANA 11.UTTAR PRADESH. Abstract : Landless unorganized female labour force is probably one of the most vulnerable sections of society. In India, 97% of the labour force works in the unorganized sector. NSSO Survey 53 rd Round (1997) showed that 57% of the women in rural areas are self employed, 2.1% are regular employees and 40.9% are casual labourers. The purpose of the study was to address the issue of landless unorganized female labour force in India. The sample for the study consisted of 750 Land Less Labourer Women (LLLW), 250 each from Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The main objective was to suggest measures that could bring about improvement in LLLW’s lifestyle, profile and socio-economic status. LLLWs are victims of social injustice as 85% were illiterate and only 15% had reached primary level of education. Among the 108 LLLWs who were above 50 years, 67 were widows. 90% of the LLLWs belonged to the backward (OBC) or schedule castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs). Majority of respondents were from Uttar Pradesh as landlessness is more common there. Only 7% of the respondents had their own land and over 90% were landless. Gender disparity can be judged by the fact that literacy level of LLLW was 15%, while that of their husbands was 50%. 90% of the households were headed by men. Out of 80 households headed by women, 76 were widows. Nearly 40% of the respondents wished to educate their boys for alternate occupations. Barely 17% wished their daughters to study and only 3% discussed about the career of their girls. 60% of LLLWs had monthly income between Rs. 2000 to Rs. 4000; 30% had income less than Rs. 2000 and only 10% had more than Rs. 4000. Apart from seasonal agricultural work, 97.61% worked as domestic help/ workers. About 84% of the LLLWs income was spent on food and less than 1% on education. LLLWs faced multifarious problems such as sexual harassment, wage differential and indebtedness. Only 2% could say ‘no’ to the work place harassment (WPH) and only 7% had good work 86 <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Abstracts</strong> on Child Labour, Labour and Women Labour 1998 - 2009
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