How female welders, plumbers and electricians could save India’s urban poor (Supriya Jain, WEF)

Twenty-five year old Lata works as a housemaid. On her morning beat she covers six households, starting her first job at 7.00 am. After washing utensils, sweeping, dusting, doing laundry and taking out trash, she takes home an income of around INR 10,000 each month – the equivalent of $150. She has no health plan, is entitled to no vacation, is not covered by minimum wage laws and receives no social security. This is the story of millions of women who work as domestic workers across India

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/05/how-female-welders-plumbers-and-electricians-could-save-india-s-urban-poor