Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations, Policies, Reports, and Judgements Article(s) of the CEDAW education; (h) Access to educational information to ensure the well-being of families, including information and advice on family planning. Article 113 : Employment: 44 of work in an establishment the wage rates, holidays, hours of work and other conditions of service need to be the same.15 b) S.16: Provides that the contractor has to provide certain facilities to workmen like equal pay for equal work irrespective of sex.16 4. Equal Remuneration Act (ERA), 1976 : a) S. 4: Provides for equal pay for equal work.17 (Supra: Chapter 1) 5. The Plantations Labour Act, 1951: a) S. 12: Provides for the facility of a crèche in every plantation with fifty women workers or more.18 1. The States parties shall take all measures to eliminate discrimination and ensure equality of men and women in the field of employment in particular: b) S. 15: Every employer under this Act has to provide suitable accommodation to workers and their family.19 (a) the right to work is an inalienable right of all human beings; (b) the right to the same employment opportunities; • It guarantees livelihood security in rural areas by giving 100 days of wage employment on demand to every household. While the nodal Ministry concerning the MGNREGA is the Ministry of Rural Development, however, the ground level execution of the Scheme is undertaken by the Gram Panchayats. (c) the right to free choice of profession and employment; equal right to promotion and job security and the right to • This law is particularly important for women workers as it reserves at least one-third of workdays for women; creating opportunities for unskilled manual labour; mandating that work be provided locally, and stipulating the provision of on-site child care for c) S. 32: Provides for maternity benefits like allowance.20 6. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (2005) (MGNREGA) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Gaps in the implementation of CEDAW in India (G) and its corresponding recommendations (R) girls. G4: Despite there being laws ensuring labour welfare and social security to workers, a large number of workers remain outside the purview of these laws which mainly cover the workers in the organised sector. Nearly 94% of the women workers are in the unorganised sector like brick kilns, construction and agricultural work, as such they do not get benefit of these laws. [CEDAW A. 11(1)(d) & (e)] R4: The labour welfare and social security including payment of equal wages to workers should be ensured and measures should be taken to include the unorganised sector in legislations