There is huge unemployment in our country out of which 17.4 per cent is rural unemployment," stated AITUC leader Dr Souribandhu Kar in a workshop on wage code for women workers here on Friday.
He also expressed his concern that the policy on domestic worker in India is not according to the recommendation of ILO.
The workshop was jointly organised by ActionAid and CCWD. Secretary of Centre for Child and Women Development (CCWD) Sadasiv Swain welcomed the guests. He told that the domestic workers also faced different types of harassments during their duty.
Sudeshna Misra from ActionAid presented the objective of the campaign on wage disparity and sexual harassment in work place by ActionAid. She told that the wage code did not recognise the contribution of work of women.
Trade union leader Panchanan Senapati, activist Pravash Samantray, journalist Surendra Patra and Bighenswar Sahu emphasized on unionisation of women workers in Odisha.
Around 60 women workers from different sectors like MGNREGA, Bidi Shramik, domestic workers participated. Representatives from different sectors presented their issues individually.
Women workers from slums of Bhubaneswar, Gramsathi from Balangir district and Bidi workers from Sambalpur participated. They prepared a plan of action for different sectors and presented during the workshop.
