WORKFORCE AND WOMEN-THE CASE OF MATRILINEAL MEGHALAYA
Abstract
“Women hold up half the sky”- (Mao). Half of the world’s population is made up of women. But the question is whether they make up half of the workforce. Is the workplace equally accessible to women as it is to men? Is gender equality reflected in the workplace? The economic empowerment of women through their strong participation in the workforce holds utmost significance. Women should not be confined to the responsibilities of family and child care alone, as their presence in the workplace is equally salient. But, most of India is patriarchal, where male domination is a norm. The gender biases are reflected both within and outside the home. Matriliny, on the other hand, gives women more power in terms of rights and privileges rather than women in patriarchal societies. It would be interesting to examine if the enhanced status of women in matrilineal societies is translated into their equal or more numbers in the workforce. Based on an analysis of secondary data from two sources, the Census Report of Meghalaya State Government Employees, 2010 and Meghalaya State Government Employees Census from 2016-2020,the objective of the paper is to find out if women in matrilineal Meghalaya are adequately represented in the workforce and whether matriliny as a social order is supportive of women empowerment.
Keywords: Women, Workforce, Female employees, Matriliny, Meghalaya.
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