Disadvantages Of Women

INTRODUCTION: In the last two decades women’s access to paid work has increased in most countries particularly in the unregulated sector. This has been a result of globalization which has opened up many opportunities for women to work. This has meant that more and more women are working in the informal economy which provides little financial security. Informalisation of work has definitively led to an increasingly precariousness of jobs and greater insecurity of livelihood for ordinary men and women (Patel, 2005). At the same time deterioration has also occurred in terms and conditions of work. Although rapid economic growth has led to improvement in the condition of women in many ways, women are still isolated, unorganized and constrained by socio-cultural and legal structures that restrict their access to resources and their control over their own lives. So with more women entering the labour market, there seems to be new challenges that need to be addressed.
METHODOLOGY
The methodology of present study has been mainly divided into two stages, the first stage has involved the collection of secondary materials through census data and through review of concerned literature. The second stage has involved the collection of primary data through a structured interview schedule and open ended questionnaire. The area of study has been Mangalore which is the centre for academic, administrative, commercial and cultural activities and therefore a study on paid work and women’s