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Title: ROLE OF TRIBAL WOMEN IN INFORMAL SECTOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: UNDERSTANDING THE NEXUS IN THE CONTEXT OF ODISHA
Authors: Meenakshi Nayak and Dr. Tattwamasi Paltasingh
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Meenakshi Nayak1 and Dr. Tattwamasi Paltasingh2 1. Ph. D Scholar (UGC-JRF Fellow), P.G. Department of Sociology, Sambalpur University, Odisha, India 2. Professor& Head, P.G. Department of Sociology, Sambalpur University, Odisha, India
MLA 8 Nayak, Meenakshi, and Dr. Tattwamasi Paltasingh. "ROLE OF TRIBAL WOMEN IN INFORMAL SECTOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: UNDERSTANDING THE NEXUS IN THE CONTEXT OF ODISHA." Int. j.
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ABSTRACT: During 1970s Keith Hart has coined the term informal sector. The casual laborers in the informal sector lack job security, their workplace is not government-registered, they disregard formal procedures, laws, and regulations, and their working hours are not set. They do not get benefits like provident fund, paid leave, and medical facilities. Indigenous resources are utilized in smallscale, family-owned businesses in the unofficial sector. Tribal women, who are primarily illiterate and among the poorest of the impoverished, enter this industry to make quick money. India is recognized by the International Labour Organization as the homeland of indigenous people. India is home to 705 different tribes, of which 62 are found in Odisha alone. These tribes are primarily involved in the unorganized sector of the economy. The primary informal sectors in which Odisha's indigenous women are employed are in mining and rural development projects as wage laborers, traditional farmers, and gatherers of small forest products. This paper tries to analyse how tribal women in Odisha contribute to the informal economy through age-old practices of environmentally sustainable activities. Furthermore, it tries to explore the issues and concerns they face while working in the informal sectors.

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