{"id":208853,"date":"2022-09-30T20:39:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=208853"},"modified":"2022-09-30T20:39:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:09:20","slug":"how-dreams-of-freedom-are-shattered-for-working-women-in-small-town-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-dreams-of-freedom-are-shattered-for-working-women-in-small-town-india\/","title":{"rendered":"How dreams of freedom are shattered for working women in small-town India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cHow dreams of freedom are shattered for working women in small-town India\u201d\u00a0published in\u00a0The Indian Express <\/strong>on\u00a030th<\/sup> September 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance:\u00a0<\/strong>problems associated with the employment of women<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Urban cities are the hope of social and economic independence for young girls.<\/p>\n

However, the\u00a0murder of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari in Uttarakhand has shattered the dreams of many young girls all over the country.<\/p>\n

This has generated a fresh wave of anxiety and fear in the minds of girls who have such dreams.<\/p>\n

Why do young girls migrate to urban cities and what are the problems associated with it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

They generally migrate in the search of employment. Some girls require to support their family with their incomes.<\/p>\n

However, migration to big cities is a hard task for those coming from the economically weaker section of society. There are difficulties in finding jobs and places to stay.<\/p>\n

Therefore, service sector jobs in small towns are the only option to for such women. However, there are other concerns associated with employment of women.<\/p>\n

What are concerns associated with the employment of women?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Low participation<\/strong>: There has been low participation and a decline in women\u2019s employment.<\/p>\n

However, in urban areas there has been a long-term trend of more women in employment but there is discrimination.<\/p>\n

Discrimination:<\/strong> Women\u2019s employment shows concentration in a few occupational segments and sectors.<\/p>\n

This shows the broader discriminatory components of the urban labour market and the manner of women\u2019s exclusion\/inclusion in urban employment.<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong> There is also more focus on the employment of younger aged girls who are educated.<\/p>\n

Therefore, those women who migrate and are not educated end up with domestic work and informal services which are highly unregulated.<\/p>\n

Low wages<\/strong>: These women are further forced to face the gender discrimination and their jobs also do not pay them. Those jobs are temporary but serve a purpose for them to earn and support their families.<\/p>\n

Accessibility:<\/strong> According to Centre for Women\u2019s Development Studies, many women reported their difficulty in accessing employment in urban areas.<\/p>\n

Lack of awareness and laws<\/strong>: There is also lack of awareness of rights of women and laws on sexual harassment which leaves women on the hands of the employers.<\/p>\n

There are other issues such as lack of adequate information of the job, conditions of work among others are the problems faced by the women.<\/p>\n

There were also report on non-uniform wage rates, the absence of defined working hours, incidences of violence and harassment including sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

Society:<\/strong> Girls often face many challenges like convincing their families and societies to migrate in the search of jobs.<\/p>\n

All of these factors force young women to put up with hostile workspaces and insecure working conditions.<\/p>\n

Further, such crimes will also discourage their hope to attain self-dependency and economic freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cHow dreams of freedom are shattered for working women in small-town India\u201d\u00a0published in\u00a0The Indian Express on\u00a030th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 Relevance:\u00a0problems associated with the employment of women News: Urban cities are the hope of social and economic independence for young girls. However, the\u00a0murder of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari… Continue reading How dreams of freedom are shattered for working women in small-town India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-208853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700770833,"cached_date":1702523142},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}