The Working Woman

Abstract

In This Issue: • Message from the President – CITU • April 28, 1980: Demands Day Observance • The Scourge of Rape: Drastically Punish the Guilty • Gallant Defence of a Fellow-worker • Garment Workers Fight Ruthless Exploitation • “We are Working Women, Not Sex Symbols” : Air Hostesses • Contract Labour Women Fight Back • Women In Industry: The Match Factories of Sivakasi – Appalling Conditions, Extreme, Exploitation • In Kerala: Creches, Hostels, Pension for Working Women • In the Public Sector: Condemned to Backwardness • Bombay Nurses: Persistent Struggle Wins Demands • Delhi Nurses: Basic Need Still to be Won • Teachers in Delhi’s Poor colonies: All Work and Little Pay • Crisis in the Capitalist World – Women Rapidly Losing Jobs • Women on Warpath • Message from Smt. K R Gourie, Minister of Agriculture & Social Welfare, Government of Kerala • Message from Nirupama Chatterjee, Minister of State-in-Charge, Welfare Branch of Relief and Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal • And Other Features