|
Volume : IV, Issue : II, March - 2014 WOMEN AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN GULBARGA: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY Udayakumar. Rawoorkar, - By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Women are playing significant role in agricultural work and processes and more than half of
the working population in agriculture are women. But, they are facing many problems such as
exploitation from employers, no security for work and job, seasonal employment, lower wages, wage
discrimination, etc. A sample survey of 142 women agricultural workers working in Gulbarga taluka in
Karnataka was made with interview technique. The social aspects to a greater extent depends on work
life of the women agricultural workers. It was concluded that there is need for social security schemes for
women agricultural workers and self-employment is also suggested for these workers during offseasons.
It is also suggested to increase awareness among people on gender equality. Keywords : Unable to cast object of type 'System.DBNull' to type 'System.String'.
|