question_answer 17)

Why are women employed in low paid work?  

Answer:

(i) A majority of the women in India have very less education and low skill formation and thus they perform mainly unskilled labour and get lower wages.   (ii) Being less educated they are unaware of their rights and about minimum wages, or they work in the unorganized sector where they get low wages.   (iii) They are traditionally considered physically inferior to men and believed to do less work, so they are paid less compared to men.