Discrimination Sole Factor Of Employment Inequality For Women In Rural India: Oxfam Report

By Junior Editor On Sep 20, 2022

Discrimination Sole Factor Of Employment Inequality For Women In Rural India: Oxfam Report

The Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) for women in India has rapidly declined from 42.7 per cent in 2004-05 to a mere 25.1 per cent in 2021, showing the withdrawal of women from the workforce despite a rapid economic growth.Discrimination is a major reason for reduced labour force participation of women, says Oxfam report.
New Delhi: Discrimination accounts for 100 per cent of the employment inequality women face in the labour market in rural areas and 98 per cent in urban areas, says a new Oxfam India report. The findings of the Oxfam “India Discrimination Report 2022” indicate that discrimination is an significant factor behind the women’s Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) being low in the country.
According to the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the LFPR for women in India was only 25.1 per cent in 2020-21 in both urban and rural areas. This is considerably lower than Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa, according to the latest World Bank estimates. The LFPR for women in South Africa was 46 per cent in 2021, the report said.

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The LFPR for women in India has rapidly declined from 42.7 per cent in 2004-05 to a mere 25.1 per cent in 2021, showing the withdrawal of women from the workforce despite a rapid economic growth in the period.

In 2019-20, 60 per cent of all males aged 15 years and above had regular salaried and self-employed jobs, while 19 per cent of all similarly-aged females had regular and self-employment.
There is also a significant gap in the earnings between men and women in the case of regular and self-employment in urban areas.
The average monthly earning is Rs 15,996 for men and merely Rs 6,626 for women in urban areas in self-employment. “The men’s average earning is nearly 2.5 times that of the earnings of women,” the report said.

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