Providing Sustainable Livelihood For Women through Social Enterprise: Maid In IndiaThe Development Review

Abstract:
For millions of unskilled maids (house-helpers) in India, who have no recognition as a labor-force, Maid in India organizes, trains and provides them employment, which enables them to access Maid in India’s employment benefits, including comprehensive healthcare, health and life insurance, financial saving schemes, gratuity and pension, and vocational training. This has helped us provide legitimacy to their vocation, create a healthier; more effective and more prosperous labor force. Most importantly, our program allows them the rights of other labor sectors in India, by giving them access to many Government and NGO schemes reserved for laborers in the formal sector. It also induces social consciousness in employers, who pay $5 per maid per month to enable Decimal to provide these benefits, and treat these maids with sensitivity and equality, unlike other employers.