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Socio-Economic Status of Domestic Workers by Niyati Bagwe is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document provides an introduction and literature review for a case study on the socioeconomic status of domestic women servants in Thrissur Corporation, Kerala. It discusses how women represent half the population but perform two-thirds of working hours and receive only one-tenth of income globally. The majority (95.8%) of women workers in India are in the unorganized sector with no legal protections. It reviews literature showing women are concentrated in low-paid occupations due to societal discrimin

Author

Niyati Bagwe

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EN