WOMEN MIGRANT WORKERS: A STUDY OF TWO BLOCKS OF GANJAM DISTRICT

Abstract

Migration of Labour in search of employment and improved livelihood is a common issue today. Migration is both Internal and International. Internal Migration in search of employment, has an impact on the economic, social and political conditions of the region both at the sending and receiving ends. About two out of Ten Indians are internal migrants. The labour migration is mostly male dominated, and there is a significant increase in the female migrants with the spurring hypermarkets, showrooms and factories. Not only this female are also engaged in construction sites, domestic workers and other informal sectors. The migration can be permanent, semi permanent, seasonal or circular. The challenges faced by the women migrants includes their inability to cope up with the diversity of culture, language, access to identity documentation, social entitlements, social and political exclusion, housing and exploitation. Moreover they have low level of job satisfaction. This paper is an attempt to study the challenges faced by the women migrant Labourers of two blocks of Ganjam district. The study is confined to internal women Migrant Labourers and their issues.