{"id":253216,"date":"2024-12-03T00:26:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=253216"},"modified":"2024-12-03T00:26:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:56:06","slug":"rgu-conducts-natl-seminar-on-tribal-women-in-unorganised-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/rgu-conducts-natl-seminar-on-tribal-women-in-unorganised-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"RGU conducts nat\u2019l seminar on \u2018Tribal women in unorganised sector\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

RONO HILLS, 2 Dec:<\/strong> A national seminar themed \u2018Fluid spaces, crucial contributions: Tribal women in the unorganised sector\u2019, sponsored by the National Commission for Women, New Delhi, was organised by the Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies (AITS), Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), here on Monday.<\/p>\n

Professor Vandana Upadhyay delivered the keynote address on \u2018Women\u2019s employment in India: Emerging issues, challenges and opportunities\u2019\u2019 She underscored \u201cthe fundamental variations between organised and unorganised sectors, wherein the contributions of the latter often remains undervalued and unrecognised due to the informal nature of the work, with particular reference to the women labour force participation of the state absorbed in the agricultural sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also highlighted \u201cthe gender gap in work force participation rate in Arunachal Pradesh being 36.5 percent as per the 2021-22 reports.\u201d On a positive outlook, she highlighted \u201cthe positive development reflecting a gendered contribution to rural production, a shift to skilled agricultural labour and a reduction in domestic duties, which implies how, despite there being an overall increase in low-paid or subsistence employment, joining the labour force in itself is a positive development.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further, she underpinned the creation of \u201cdecent, productive employment opportunities, as per SDG 8, with the ongoing prevalence of informal economy, highly criticised for low remuneration and under-representation, along with health- and work-related securities with over-representation of women, which remains a serious issue of NE and overall India.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also recommended tailoring policies whilst contextualising the socio-cultural aspects to meet the specific needs of various geographical needs, with particular reference to the marginalised groups and economically disadvantaged areas.<\/p>\n

RGU Vice-Chancellor Prof SK Nayak called attention to the dynamic shift in rural perspective. He urged economists and the women labour force to lean on to an output-based mechanism to move out of the ongoing loop of stagnancy.<\/p>\n

Registrar Prof NT Rikam praised the women for being the backbone of the state\u2019s community economies while sustaining the critical roles of tribal women in sustaining the household and caregiving burden of the family.<\/p>\n

Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (APSCW) Vice Chairperson Nabam Yahi underscored the numerous programmes undertaken by the APSCW, with particular consideration on empowerment of the women labour force in terms of skill development to become self-sufficient and self-employed. Yahi also shed light on how, \u201cdespite the harsh burden on womenfolk of the state and bearing higher or equivalent economic hardships, the societal system favours menfolk and patriarchy in differing spheres, ranging from family, household to social allocations of roles and responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also underscored the need to impart financial education, \u201cespecially related to loss and profit in terms of production, particularly designed for the women vendors.\u201d Further, she called for \u201cdiving deeper focus on sales production and add value to local produce, horti-agri and tourism and hospitality sector catering to national and international platforms, to make it directly proportional to an increased value and income.\u201d<\/p>\n

She urged the government to \u201cincrease the allocated amount as the current subsidy of Rs 2-5 lakhs remains insufficient for the entrepreneurs to meet their basic needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The session witnessed a significant turnout, with participants from across the state from diverse walks of life and women working in the ArSLM and other NGOs engaging in thought-provoking discussions.<\/p>\n

Papers on a wide range of contemporary issues,showcasing cutting-edge research on women in the unorganised sector, offering new perspectives on key topics, were also presented on the occasion.<\/p>\n

RGU AITS Director Prof Jumyir Basar and AITS Assistant Professor, Dr Zilpha A Modi also spoke.<\/p>\n

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RONO HILLS, 2 Dec: A national seminar themed \u2018Fluid spaces, crucial contributions: Tribal women in the unorganised sector\u2019, sponsored by the National Commission for Women, New Delhi, was organised by the Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies (AITS), Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), here on Monday. Professor Vandana Upadhyay delivered the keynote address on \u2018Women\u2019s employment in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-253216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}