Safety and Mobility Concerns of Women Street Vegetable Vendors in Ranchi City.

Abstract

There is a growing focus on generating evidence on violence against informal women workers across the world. Research thus far has noted that structural inequalities impede their right to decent work. These include the burden of domestic and care responsibilities on women, lack of access to assets and financial resources, low levels of education, and socio-cultural norms constraining their mobility1. Thus, their work has mostly been found to be an extension of their existing gender roles and they take up work that can provide them with flexibility to manage both paid and unpaid work.