Globalization and Work Participation of Women in Developing Countries: An Analysis

An attempt is made in this paper to analyze the economic impact of globalization on women in general and particularly on the work participation of women in the MNCs and TNCs. An in-depth analysis of the terms and conditions under which women are being employed in the Special Economic and Export Processing Zones in the developing countries is done in the paper. The reports of the International Labour Organisation, World Bank and the other organization of the United Nations Organization are cited on the short-comings of the global industry and its negative impacts on the work –participation of women in the developing countries. In the conclusion this paper suggests that the present form of globalization is aimed at maximization of profit and minimization of cost which results in the exploitation of the labour in general and women labour in particular. So this paper urges that for the sustainability the present norms of globalization are required to change with the humane norms which are based on the democratic principal of liberty, equality and justice.