Abstract :
Women can persevere and achieve their ambition if they work hard. Having aim in life is indeed essential for their personal and community growth. Slum dwellers are employed in unorganized sectors with menial jobs such as cleaning, washing, sweeping, cooking, selling or working in construction site etc where they are paid low wages. The poor women in slums and their households are denied of urban advantages like medical facilities, quality education, nutritious food, clean drinking water, sanitation and healthy environmental facilities. This paper speaks of the Socio-Economic profile of women in slums of Chennai city.
Author Name : J. Mary Lidwina & Dr. Bernard D’ Samy
Keywords: Slums, Poverty alleviation programmes, Urban benefits.
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