WOMEN WORKERS IN THE UNORGANISED SECTOR: A HUMAN RIGHT PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Human rights are recognized as inalienable rights to be realized by all human beings. Therefore it is necessary to understand how the unorganized workers generally, and women workers in particular, who are regarded as most vulnerable section of India's human resources, realize their human rights. Unorganised Sectors in India are contributing immensely towards economic growth, however the same is not recognised due to lack of statistical information and lack of proper mechanisms to collect the same. Equally a huge number of people are depended on workers working in unorganised sectors, but the same is also not recognised. The ILO report on "More and Better Job for Women — An Action Guide" states that more than 45% women all over the world in the age group of 15 to 64 are contributing to the economy in a significant way'. The unorganized sector is too vast to remain within the confines of any conceptual definition. Hence, descriptive means are used to identify the unorganized sector. Its main feature can be identified through the sector and process where unorganized labour is used. Despite existence of labour laws, the workers in this sector do not get social security and other benefits for various reasons and there is hardly any trade union or constitutional mechanism to fight for them. In this paper an attempt has been made to study the human rights of women workers of the unorganized sector.