Abstract : Women have always been an essential component of Indian society. She is the foundation of the community. Women still face many challenges in society even though they are essential to it. Women are always subjected to exploitations in every area, it could be at domestic front or professional front. When addressing these fronts, women encounter unique difficulties. The status of women has somewhat improved in many areas during the last few decades. By creating an extensive legislative framework, the Indian judiciary was instrumental in changing the status of women. Human and legal rights pertaining to the working relationship between an employer and employees are included in the concept of labour rights. With the passage of time, laws are amended, re-framed and implemented in India with a view to improvise the status of women. But the problem is with the implementation of these laws. When we take the labour rights of women into consideration, we may find many pros and cons. The legislative framework is adequate but what is the reason that the improvement is still not considerable? In this study, the position of women is assessed and analysed with special emphasis on their labour rights. Also, the already established laws are also examined. The loopholes and suggestions are also explained in this chapter.
Keywords : Labour rights, Women labour rights, Women empowerment, Labour laws in India, Women Education.
Cite : Nafis, M. (2024). Legal Education And Empowerment: Empowering Women To Assert Their Labour Rights (1st ed., pp. 183-192). Noble Science Press. https://doi.org/10.52458/9788197357114.nsp.2024.eb.ch-18
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