Denied Human Rights of Unorganised Women Construction Workers

Authors

  • Mrs. Deepa Rajesh
  • Dr. D. Rajasekar
  • Dr. R. Vettriselvan

Abstract

Labour Rights which is an integral part of the Human Rights is conferred to the workers by states in the national and international laws. Women being a rational being are entitled to all Human rights. By virtue of being workers they women are entitled to certain additional rights. Women rights are human rights but women in the unorganized sector face many problems. Their human rights are violated in many forms. The study covered the women workers employed in Building construction works and Road workers. 398 samples were taken for the study under stratified random sampling method. Interview schedule is a tool used to elicit information from the unorganized women construction workers in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. The data obtained from the women workers and primary data enrich the study. The study revealed the fact that many of the laws enacted to protect the rights of the women workers remain silent in books without implementations. Minimum wages fixed by the appropriate government is not paid to the women workers. Sexual harassment at work is another important factor which affects the mental health of the women workers and their right to work with dignity is greatly affected. Maternity benefits are totally not provided and the pregnant workers remain jobless on account of being pregnant in the construction sector. Thus the study had identified host of human rights violation against women at the work in the construction sector. The laws are adequate to protect the workers but the implementation part is to be take care strictly by the administrators.

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Published

2020-01-23

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