• Dr. Sadyojathappa S

In India, women constitute almost half of the total workforce. However, over 96% of women work in the informal, unorganized sector. Overall, the formal sector constitutes 93 % of the workforce of the population of India. Moreover, these workers contribute 62% to the gross domestic product (GDP), and 50% to the national income. Poverty and unemployment are the factors that have created a way for women to enter into the informal sector. Due to the lack of alternatives the women from lower socio-economic backgrounds having a low level of education and illiteracy, are forced to work in the unorganized sector. It is noticed that women’s participation in the unorganized sector is increasing day by day, in domestic work, agriculture work, street vending and construction work etc. These women are exploited by their employers, as the placement agencies are yet to find out strategies for the protection of these women. Lack of proper legislation and legal support has put these women workers into still more vulnerable conditions. Even though the women workers work for more hours, they are paid very less. It affects their personal and social life.

Unorganized, construction worker and women workers.

"Women workers in unorganized sector- A case study of women construction workers in Kamalapur town in the district of Vijayanagara, Karnataka", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.e82-e89, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203412.pdf

"Women workers in unorganized sector- A case study of women construction workers in Kamalapur town in the district of Vijayanagara, Karnataka", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppe82-e89, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203412.pdf