Question

Why are women employed in low paid work ?

Answer 1

Women are employed in low-paid work because of the following reasons:

• A majority of women in the country are less educated than men.

• They have low skill formation.

• Women more work in the unorganized sectors because of a lack of knowledge and information.

• Since most women are uneducated, they are unaware of their rights and about minimum wages.

• They are believed physically inferior to men and thus believed to do less work, thus they are paid less.