Invisible Mothers: The Structural Exclusion Of Informal Workers At Maternity
- IJLLR Journal
- May 11
- 1 min read
Atibhi Sharma, Bennett University (The Times Group)
1. INTRODUCTION
Invisible Mothers are the bedrock of our entire ecosystem, who are neglected from a system that guarantees to protect them, in local public areas, and in construction and domestic work, but these are the sections of society that are so normalised despite facing the crucial stripping away of their fundamental rights. India’s maternity regime sparks a contrast between its legislation and implementation. Women in the informal sector comprise 90.1% of women workers in India. Informal employment in India includes those working in the informal sector, comprising incorporated private enterprises owned by individuals More households engaged in the sale and production of goods and services, operated on a proprietary or partnership basis, with fewer than 10 workers, including domestic workers, contributing family workers casual day labourers and workers in the formal sector without employer-provided social security. The definition of Informal employment is not descriptive but lacks an actual employment structure.
Keywords: Maternity Benefit Act, Code on Social Security 2020, informal women workers, Labour Codes, PMMVY.
