Women Employment in Informal Sector

Abstract

Recently, it is realized that women employment or engagements are also has economic values and now women are equally competent to engage in works at far with men. They are educating, trained and work even in international sphere more productively. Inadequate employment opportunities in agriculture and non-farm sector have reduced the employment opportunities for females in rural areas. Further, socio-economic and cultural factors prevailing in the society made female labourers to work in the nearest places. Informal sector is an important avenue for women employment in backward region. Several programmes are also framed to encourage women empowerment, through entrepreneurial skill development. As a result women employment in informal sector has improved but the problems of them are of different nature. In view of this, the paper attempts to analyze the nature and extent of women employment in Indian economy, to examine nature and extent of women employment in informal sector and to understand the major problems of women workers in informal sector.