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Name Megumi Niimura
Belonging department Global Communication Course,Department of Human Culture,Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Occupation name Professor
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Title

"Working Women in India: Women's 'Work' and Labor Laws, Their Issues."

Sole or Joint Author

Sole Author

Date of Issue

200303

Conference Presentation(name)

The Center for the Advancement of Working Women (Josei)

Summary

Given that women undertake a great deal of unpaid work and that informal sector worker, who make up 90% of working women in India, are placed outside many labor laws, the report discussed 1) How much work do women undertake inside and outside the home? and 2) What labor laws protect the rights of working women?