Liberalisation and its after-effects has been a subject of great debate. While proponents
point to the declining levels of poverty, opponents insist the opposite has happened - poverty
has increased, employment opportunities and access to social services have declined. This
article looks at the micro sector - the world of the unorganised woman worker
and analyses the varied impact that liberalisation and globalisation has had on her working
conditions. A decline in employment opportunities has seen a simultaneous
'casualisation' and growing 'feminisation' of the workforce - with concomitant ills of
low wages and declining job security.