Women Workers in the Seafood Processing Sector of Kerala, India - Structural Changes Due to Migration
Women Workers in the Seafood Processing Sector of Kerala, India - Structural Changes Due to Migration
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2016
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Gopal, Nikita
Sruthi, P
Babu, Chacko
Jayalal, Liya
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Till about early 2000, the women labour on the floor level of the factories were entirely
from Kerala. The shift in labour profile began to be observed from after this period.
Younger women from the fishing households of Kerala are reluctant to take this job as
they were under the impression that it has a low social status. Even though the work
is carried out in factories, the work is still referred to as ‘peeling‘. The composition of
labour has been witnessing a drastic change with migrant workers now occupying
the spaces that local women from Kerala once did. The study attempts to understand
the composition of labour in this industry and their socio-economic status, especially
migrant women labour
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The Niew Journal: The voice of the NAM woman, 8:32-41