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ROLE OF WOMEN WORKER’S IN THE PLANTATION SECTOR OF KERALA
Agriculture and allied activities, mines, fisheries, construction activities and plantation are the chief areas where women are absorbed as workers. Major four plantation sectors in Kerala like Tea, Coffee, Rubber and Cardamom provide significant employment opportunities to women. About these four sector tea industry consist largest organized employers of women. It gives round the year employment to more than one lakh workers. Compared to other agricultural employment unique role played by women in the plantation sector. Their socio-economic life and status are entirely different as they are residing in the remote hilly regions. Their condition of living inside and outside their workplace is determined by the employers. Women work in the plantation sector provides complementary support to the family’s income flow. In the plantation sector the role of women workers is miscellaneous and peculiar. The working condition of women in plantation sector is very pathetic, but after the Plantation Labour Act passed by the government of India lot of changes in this field. After all there is number of factors responsible for women workers concentrate in plantation sector.