Women employees in the informal sector Kampala, Uganda

Abstract

The study critically investigates the working conditions of women employees in the informal sector by examining the nature of the employee-employer relationships. The study also explores the various factors responsible for the existing nature of the employee-employer relationship. The study specifically investigates how such factors as kinship relations, age, education levels, position in household and family sizes affect the working conditions and terms of service of the women employees. At the micro-level the study examines how the existing social system of extended families bears on the working conditions of the women employees. At the micro-level the study examines how the existing social system of extended families bears on the working conditions of the women employees. The study is carried out against the backdrop of the existing economic crises. The analysis also explores the linkages between the different economic activities in Owino market, indicating how they...