Abstract
This paper aims to highlight the precarity of plantation workers of Darjeeling, issues of inaccessibility to proper healthcare and inability to keep ill-health away. It draws from primary research carried out in two tea plantations of Darjeeling, West Bengal. Further, it also underlines the marginalized position of the women workers in the tea industry. Clinical factors are not the only cause of ill-health; rather there are social determinants of health such as means of livelihood, poverty, working conditions, accessibility, availability and affordability of and to basic services (housing, food security, water, sanitations, etc.) that play an important and definitive role. These in turn may influence the health choices of individuals while also leading to health inequalities.KeywordsLabourGenderDarjeelingTea plantationsHealth
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