Empowering Women In India's Informal Sector: Stories Of Resilience And Advocacy

Abstract

In informal sector settings, labourers confront physically strenuous tasks, paltry incomes, unfavorable work environments, and a glaring absence of others amenities and facilities. Economic necessity often forces many women into these environments, where they endure not only strenuous work but also other adverse conditions, along with pregnancy-based discrimination, excessive overtime, and the burden of working seven days a week. This constitutes a grave violation of minimum requirements of labours, as well all workers deserve dignified treatment. The article explores the plight of economically vulnerable women in the informal sectors of highlighting the urgent need for enhanced labour protections and rights enforcement. An influx of migrant women into India's Durgapur Industrial Belt, which is experiencing significant industrial growth, raises concerns about problems and inadequate grievance redressal mechanisms. The study presents a thematic analysis emphasizing problems and advocating for an improved grievance redressal framework to empower and protect this vulnerable workforce. Comprehensive analysis reveals crucial aspects of migrant women's employment experiences in the region and proposes measures for their betterment.