The women workers who were confined to home for family chores owning to low wages have now found new hopes. The number of woman laborers that do manual works in road construction, irrigation projects and others in the northern villages of Dhading has increased.
An NGO, Sahayatri Samaj in collaboration with Care Nepal has launched a cash program for work in Baseri, Budhathum, Mulpani, Fulkharka, Aaganichowk and Salyantaar VDCs.
Samaj's Executive Director, Radhika Sapkota, said the participation of women in the program numbered more than half of the total participants.
Customarily, a male manual worker received daily wage of Rs 500 while a woman attending the same task received Rs 300 only.
Social worker Shova Koirala said workers regardless of their gender working in road construction and canal repairing works will now receive Rs 525 as daily wage and Rs 175 in supplement for lunch. Women's participation has surged all of a sudden with the assurance for equal pay. RSS
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