Possibility of increased general health related problems in women involved in beedi rolling

Hegde, Divya; Kamath, Priya R.

doi:10.5455/2320-1770.ijrcog20140929

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“…Longer work spans make health issues more likely (Tom & Francis, 2013). In addition to the above factors, issues like poor nutrition and illiteracy levels may cause further deterioration of health (Hegde & Kamath, 2014). Beedi workers generally have a very low level of awareness regarding health hazards and the safety measures and benefits that should be provided to them (Sabale et al, 2012).…”

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Women Beedi Workers of Cooch Behar, West Bengal: Accessibility of Welfare Programmes

Barman

Sarkar²

2022

Social Change

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The labour market in India is largely unorganised in character, employing 93 per cent of the country’s labour force. India is a country where female work participation rate is very low, yet some specific sectors like beedi manufacturing have an overwhelming female work participation. Today, beedi manufacturing is a traditional and largely home-based industry in India in which 98 per cent of beedi workers are females. This article attempts to capture the accessibility of labour welfare programmes by female beedi workers in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal. As a welfare state, the Government of India, along with the state government of West Bengal, has enacted several welfare schemes to protect the basic social needs of these women workers. But their backwardness, illiteracy combined with poverty, and a lack of administrative transparency appear to be major constraints in female beedi workers having any access to welfare programmes.

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confidence: 99%