India Discrimination Report

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10Pointer
Categories
Polity & Governance
Published
17th Sep, 2022

Context

The recent India Discrimination Report, released by Oxfam India highlighted that women and marginalized communities suffered discrimination in the job market.

Key-Highlights of the Report

Declining Women Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR): It is the proportion of the working-age population that engages actively in the labour market, either by working or looking for work.
- For women in India, it declined from 42.7% in 2004-05 to 25.1% in 2021, showing withdrawal of women from the workforce despite rapid economic growth during the same period.
Male-Female Pay Gap: In 2019-20, 60% of all males aged 15 and above had regular salaried or self-employed jobs; the rate for females was 19%.
Discrimination in Labour: Female casual workers earn about Rs 3,000 less than their male counterparts.
Increased discrimination for SC/ST: Self-employed SC/STs earn Rs 5,000 less than non-SC/STs and discrimination accounts for 41% of this gap
Gender Discrimination in rural and urban areas: Gender discrimination in India is structural which results in great disparities between earnings of men and women under ‘normal circumstances’.
- This can be inferred from the data for 2004-05, 2018-19 and 2019- 20. The earning gaps are large, both in rural and urban areas for casual workers ranging between 50 percent and 70 percent.

About OXFAM

Oxfam is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organisations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty
It was founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.

Oxfam has been in India since 1951. It first came to India to respond to the Bihar famine.
In 2008, Oxfam India became an independent affiliate and an Indian NGO.