India Discrimination Report 2022 : Oxfam India
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Recently, Oxfam India Report stated that discrimination in India causes 100 percent of employment inequality faced by women in rural areas in the labour market and 98 percent in urban areas.
About the report
- It is the proportion of the working-age population that engages actively in the labour market, either by working or looking for work.
Image by Ohmydearlife from Pixabay - For women in India, it declined from 42.7% in 2004-05 to 25.1% in 2021, showing withdrawal of women from the workforce despite rapid economic growth during the same period.
- In 2019-20, 60% of all males aged 15 and above had regular salaried or self-employed jobs; the rate for females was 19%.
- Female casual workers earn about Rs 3,000 less than their male counterparts.
- Self-employed SC/STs earn Rs 5,000 less than non-SC/STs and discrimination accounts for 41% of this gap.
- Gender discrimination in India is structural which results in great disparities between earnings of men and women under ‘normal circumstances’.
- This can be inferred from the data for 2004-05, 2018-19 and 2019- 20. The earning gaps are large, both in rural and urban areas for casual workers ranging between 50 percent and 70 percent.
OXFAM
- Oxfam is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organisations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty.
- It was founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.
- Oxfam has been in India since 1951.
- It first came to India to respond to the Bihar famine.
- In 2008, Oxfam India became an independent affiliate and an Indian NGO.
- It is a major nonprofit group with an extensive collection of operations.
- HQ: Nairobi, Kenya.
- Vision: A world where people and the planet are at the centre of our economy. Where women and girls live free from violence and discrimination. Where the climate crisis is contained. And where governance systems are inclusive and allow for those in power to be held to account.
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