Journal
| Title | Quality of Human Resources in Organized and Unorganized Sectors with Special Reference to Health Issue Management of Working Women | |
| Author's Name | Sheeba Ali | |
| ISSN | 0974-7281 | |
| Page(s) | 82-91 | |
| Volume No. | 8 | |
| Issue Month | January 2016 | |
| Keywords | . | |
| Abstract | To be born a woman means to be a caregiver, from early infancy to the last day of life. But with changing times the role of woman has changed from a caregiver to a multitasking professional. A woman’s life involves constant juggling between multiple responsibilities at home, meetings schedules, business trips at work, and responsibilities of life and family. Education developed a vision to prompt women to go for an occupation of their choice beyond the safety of home to lending service to the public. The migration of a woman from her home to the professional career oriented work domain has given her respect and improved the standards of her quality of life. But at the same time, a woman plays the role of mother and home maker for family members bearing additional load of her occupation.The contribution of women to the national economy needs to be recognized for assuring them better living conditions. Their health issues, both mental as well as physical should be addressed as they are physically less strong than their male counterparts. This makes them victims of headache, osteoporosis,backache, joint pains, muscular skeletal disorders, arthritis and so on. Adding to the natural physical challenge, is the repetitive nature of the work causing boredom and the disproportionate earning compared to their male counterparts, which puts women under psychological stress and strain. Stress reflects in insomnia, fatigue, anxiety, headaches, heart trouble, alcoholism, drug addiction and abuse in extreme conditions. Women entrepreneurs or employees due to sustained stress of their dual role (home and office) over years develop physiological conditioning and low immune profile because of inadequate personal attention detrimental by ill-health. Women working outdoors have exposure to airpollution, urban vehicular and exhaust fumes cause severe respiratory problems and pulmonary diseases. Agricultural women workers too face parasitic infections, allergic bronchitis, lung infection due to dust and unhealthy work environment. Women continue to suffer social constraints of societal dominant cultures, limited mobility and, in some cultures, they are thus negated any type of paid employment. At work, they may face verbal, sexual and physical abuse at an extreme end and at a common level they face gossip and stigma within their own communities. The growing levels and extremes of violence against women have been ‘femicide’ – the killing of women by men just for being women, including ‘honor killings’ to reflect the psyche of the male dominance and power to control and exploit the women. Such are the social and health issues of women especially working women in organized and unorganized sectors, which need to be addressed for the Indian society to be a humane civilization. |
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