WOMEN, WORK AND HEALTH - AN INTERCONNECTED WEB - CASE OF DRUGS AND COSMETICS INDUSTRIES

Authors
GOTHOSKAR S
Citation
S. Gothoskar, WOMEN, WORK AND HEALTH - AN INTERCONNECTED WEB - CASE OF DRUGS AND COSMETICS INDUSTRIES, Economic and political weekly, 32(43), 1997, pp. 45-52
Citations number
14
Journal title
Economic and political weekly → ACNP
ISSN journal
00129976
Volume
32
Issue
43
Year of publication
1997
Pages
45 - 52
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-9976(1997)32:43<45:WWAH-A>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This article looks at women workers in components of the health indust ry - drugs, cosmetics and toiletries industries - to examine the relat ionship between their paid work and unpaid work and on the health cons equences of the combination of the two. Whether 'work' is recognised a s such or not, its impact on women's health is telling.