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Women Workers In UP Can Now Opt For Night Duty With Written Consent
In a decision aimed at empowering working women, the Uttar Pradesh government has allowed women employees to undertake night shifts after submitting written consent.
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18 Women Workers Hospitalised After Gas Leak at Haryana Meat Factory
Eighteen women workers of a meat factory here were hospitalised after they complained of difficulty in breathing and started vomiting following a gas leak on the premises, police said on Wednesday.
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Opinion: Rethinking How We Measure Women's Workforce Participation
Female labour force participation in India continues to be dominated by high informality and precarity, and is frequently undertaken as a consequence of household economic distress.
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Plastic Bags On Heads, Imran Khan's Party's Women Workers Brought To Court
The Pakistan government on Tuesday faced flak after two women workers belonging to former prime minister Imran Khan's party were brought to an anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Tuesday with their heads covered with 'shopping bags'.
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Free Transport Among New Rules For Women Working Late In UP
In order to provide a safe environment for women at the workplace, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday, in an order, stated that no women worker can be bound to do the night shift in factories across the state.
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Northern Railway Women Workers Demand Change In Uniform. Here's Why
The women have requested to change their uniform, which is either a salwar kameez or shirt and pant depending on the category of work.
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Congress-Led UDF Attacks Pinarayi Vijayan Government Over MM Mani, DGP Posting
The Congress-led opposition in Kerala on Tuesday created ruckus in the state Assembly demanding the resignation of state Power Minister MM Mani for his disparaging remarks on women workers, and over the Pinarayi Vijayan government failing to reinstate TP Senkumar as state police chief despite orders by the Supreme Court.
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Manual Work, Night Shifts May Harm Cause Infertility Among Women: Study
Women who work nights and do heavy lifting on the job may have fewer and inferior eggs than nine-to-fivers, said a study on Wednesday into a potential cause of infertility.
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Sexual Abuse Plagues Female Workers In Maharashtra's Sugarcane Fields
Mumbai: Every year after the monsoon, Gouri Bhiwde and her husband joined tens of thousands of workers migrating to the west of Maharashtra state to cut sugarcane. Every year, Bhiwde and other female labourers were sexually assaulted by supervisors and landowners, she said. After one difficult pregnancy, Bhiwde’s husband and his family took her t...
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Congress Workers Protest Outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Residence
Congress women workers on Tuesday staged a protest against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal outside his residence, seeking his resignation for not fulfilling the promise of making Delhi safe.
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In Protest At Kerala Plantations, 5,000 Women Tell Unions, 'Stay Out'
About 5,000 women who work in tea plantations in Kerala's hill station Munnar, have been on protest since Sunday, blocking all roads in the popular tourist town.
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54 Women Fall Unconscious in Tamil Nadu After Gas Leak
A total of 54 women workers of a fish processing unit in Tamil Nadu fell unconscious after inhaling a poisonous gas, a senior official said Thursday.
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Unpaid Indian women workers sent home from Saudi Arabia
The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia has finally repatriated a group of Indian women workers who were not paid their salaries for the past nine months by their employer.
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Bangalore: These women face abuse at work place
Bangalore's ready made garment industry earns big dollars exporting outfits to sophisticated markets in the West. The invisible hands behind this industry are nearly four lakh women who cut, sew and stitch nine hours a day, seven days a week. The price of nine non-stop hours on the power loom without lunch or toilet breaks is a measly Rs. 3000 a mo...
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Women Workers In UP Can Now Opt For Night Duty With Written Consent
In a decision aimed at empowering working women, the Uttar Pradesh government has allowed women employees to undertake night shifts after submitting written consent.
-
18 Women Workers Hospitalised After Gas Leak at Haryana Meat Factory
Eighteen women workers of a meat factory here were hospitalised after they complained of difficulty in breathing and started vomiting following a gas leak on the premises, police said on Wednesday.
-
Opinion: Rethinking How We Measure Women's Workforce Participation
Female labour force participation in India continues to be dominated by high informality and precarity, and is frequently undertaken as a consequence of household economic distress.
-
Plastic Bags On Heads, Imran Khan's Party's Women Workers Brought To Court
The Pakistan government on Tuesday faced flak after two women workers belonging to former prime minister Imran Khan's party were brought to an anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Tuesday with their heads covered with 'shopping bags'.
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Free Transport Among New Rules For Women Working Late In UP
In order to provide a safe environment for women at the workplace, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday, in an order, stated that no women worker can be bound to do the night shift in factories across the state.
-
Northern Railway Women Workers Demand Change In Uniform. Here's Why
The women have requested to change their uniform, which is either a salwar kameez or shirt and pant depending on the category of work.
-
Congress-Led UDF Attacks Pinarayi Vijayan Government Over MM Mani, DGP Posting
The Congress-led opposition in Kerala on Tuesday created ruckus in the state Assembly demanding the resignation of state Power Minister MM Mani for his disparaging remarks on women workers, and over the Pinarayi Vijayan government failing to reinstate TP Senkumar as state police chief despite orders by the Supreme Court.
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Manual Work, Night Shifts May Harm Cause Infertility Among Women: Study
Women who work nights and do heavy lifting on the job may have fewer and inferior eggs than nine-to-fivers, said a study on Wednesday into a potential cause of infertility.
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Sexual Abuse Plagues Female Workers In Maharashtra's Sugarcane Fields
Mumbai: Every year after the monsoon, Gouri Bhiwde and her husband joined tens of thousands of workers migrating to the west of Maharashtra state to cut sugarcane. Every year, Bhiwde and other female labourers were sexually assaulted by supervisors and landowners, she said. After one difficult pregnancy, Bhiwde’s husband and his family took her t...
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Congress Workers Protest Outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Residence
Congress women workers on Tuesday staged a protest against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal outside his residence, seeking his resignation for not fulfilling the promise of making Delhi safe.
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In Protest At Kerala Plantations, 5,000 Women Tell Unions, 'Stay Out'
About 5,000 women who work in tea plantations in Kerala's hill station Munnar, have been on protest since Sunday, blocking all roads in the popular tourist town.
-
54 Women Fall Unconscious in Tamil Nadu After Gas Leak
A total of 54 women workers of a fish processing unit in Tamil Nadu fell unconscious after inhaling a poisonous gas, a senior official said Thursday.
-
Unpaid Indian women workers sent home from Saudi Arabia
The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia has finally repatriated a group of Indian women workers who were not paid their salaries for the past nine months by their employer.
-
Bangalore: These women face abuse at work place
Bangalore's ready made garment industry earns big dollars exporting outfits to sophisticated markets in the West. The invisible hands behind this industry are nearly four lakh women who cut, sew and stitch nine hours a day, seven days a week. The price of nine non-stop hours on the power loom without lunch or toilet breaks is a measly Rs. 3000 a mo...
