Women workers in India have always been
active contributors to the national income. Their
contributions, however, have rarely been acknowledged,
thus far. An important characteristics of the Indian
female workforce is that most of it is employed in the
unorganised or the informal sector, currently estimated to
by 78.4 per cent of the total women workers. The
percentage goes up to 80.7 per cent, if women working in
the urban areas are also included. Women are
not recognised as workers and even though they put in
long hours of work and the returns are very low. They
have limited access to tools and equipment, innovations in
communications and technology almost completely
bypass them. They face multiple entry barriers into the
main stream markets; use of social protection is
restricted. According to these dimensions, the present
paper highlighted that the problems of women workers in
various activities in unorganised sector of select
Prakasam district.
Keywords :
Women Workers, Low Wage, Poverty, Training, and Irregular Payment