(A case study based on Ducklingia Tea Garden, Jorhat District, Assam)
ABSTRACT: This paper examines the conditions of women in the
tea gardens of Assam. Tea is the chief cultivation of Assam. Improvement of the conditions of women tea workers will lead to overall development of the condition of women in the area. The objectives of this paper is to find out the level of enjoyment of workers rights by the women workers. Workers rights are relatively a new addition to the modern concept of human rights. The International Labour Organisation was formed to protect workers right. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The French Declaration of the Rights of Man, The Constitution of India and the like has talked about workers right.
Human rights refer to the basic rights and freedom to which
all humans are entitled. It includes civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression and equality before law and social, cultural and economic rights. But women in tea gardens are seen to be routinely subject to starvation, humiliation , domestic abuse, rape, child marriage etc. The condition of women workers of the tea gardens is very pathetic. They are deprived of various workers right. Therefore this paper makes a attempt for the overall study of this subject, so that a effective solution to these problems comes out in near future.