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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Inadequate working conditions for women

Inadequate working conditions for women

Broader

Inadequate working conditions
Presentable

Narrower

Unprotected female migrant workers
Presentable
Dependence on unpaid female labour
Presentable
Work practices requiring women to lift heavy loads
Unpresentable
Tedious office employment
Unpresentable
Overworked women
Unpresentable
Overburdened village women
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Lack of unionization among working women
Unpresentable

Strategy

Encouraging flexible labour laws for women
Presentable
Lightening female workload
Yet to rate

Value

Inadequacy
Yet to rate

Reference

International Labour Organization: Conditions of Work, Vocational Training and Employment of Women

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #5: Gender EqualitySustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Social activity » Employment conditions » Employment conditions
  • Societal problems » Inadequacy
  • Society » Women
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D3197
    DOCID
    11431970
    D7NID
    148094
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020