The problem is more acute for women
workers. They play the triple role of a
worker, housewife and mother, The lack
of capital and assets, low and irregular
income, aided by frequent accidents, sickness
and other contingencies, poor working
and living conditions, low bargaining
power and lack of outside linkages and
opportunities for skill upgradation - all
these interlinked factors drag these women
into deprivation, trapping them in the
vicious circle of poverty.