A Study of Empowerment and Increased Female Exploitation of Female Workers in the Textile Industry

Dados Bibliográficos

ID22010349
AutoresYibo Li (0000-0003-0477-9229, University College Birmingham, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume13
Fascículo07
Páginas550-562
Data de publicação2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAdvances in Applied Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2165-4328 • E-ISSN: 2165-4336
EditoraScientific Research Publishing, Inc. (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4236/aasoci.2023.137034
OpenAlexW4385273253
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas38

The textile industry contributes significantly to the economies of different countries around the world. Over the years, the industry has seen an increase in the number of females working in it. The textile industry has been one of the most female dominated industries in the world as more than 80 percent of the workforce is females. The increase in the number of female workers in the global industry has both positive and negative implications. On the positive side is that women are more empowered through improvement of economic status, provision of formal employment, access to knowledge and gaining of digital skills. On the other hand, the increase in women textile workers has exposed more of them to incidences of Gender Based Violence, harassment, overworking conditions, poor working conditions and under payment. Through evaluation of literature on both positive and negative implications of the increase of women in the textile industry this paper will seek to determine which of the two has more weight

Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Harassment · Labour economics · Payment · Political science · Textile · Textile industry · Workforce · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Psychology · Social Psychology