Almost 92% of the Indian workforce is engaged in the informal sector of which almost 49% of all the women whole work s not being accounted for the GDP.
Status of Unorganized sector / unpaid sector:
- Scattered and fragmented workforces working individually, often loosely allocated in various occupations.
- Not cohesive with any recognized association or unions with define ideology.
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Women’s issues under the unorganized sector:
- Ignorance and surplus labour.
- High level of exploitation.
- Physical problems.
- Irregular wage payment.
- The non-lymphatic attitude of an employee.
- Illiteracy wage discrimination.
- Pool or low calling skills.
With formal recognition, the issues can be addressed leading to improvement on both social and economic front:
- Increase regulation:- work environment will focus on seriousness and acknowledgements.
- Acknowledgement of the unpaid boost GDP (40% of GDP is unpaid work that is not counted currently).
- The estimated increase of up to 27% in GDP.
- Bringing gaps on gender basis.
- Promoting equality.
- Rise on human development index ranking.
Status of women:
According to an ILO report, women represent:
- 50% of the population.
- 30% of the workforce.
- Perform 60% of all working hours.
- Receive 10% of the world’s income.
- Own less than 1% of the world’s property.
These figures call for the attention towards uplifting the women and realizing their potential by considering their contribution the global GDPs.
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Way forward:
- The huge gap (40%) between the two genders needs to be addressed in terms of their contributions.
- The informal sector should be given recognition in terms of GDP.
- Sections under Equal renovation Act should be altered ensuring equality and inclusion, reducing discrimination.
- The work environment for both genders should be made adaptive and comfortable (Promoting sexual harassment Act).
Awareness to women regarding Institutional support, women grievance cells, job security should be ensured