IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON WORKING WOMEN IN INDIA: A HOLISTIC APPROACH.

This paper highlights the impact of COVID-19 on working women in India. The available literature revealed the adverse impact of COVID-19 on the income and jobs of working women and housewives, especially domestic workers, casual workers, health workers, and women working in sectors such as manufacturing, home-based activities for assembling production, teaching, coaching, and agriculture-based activities. Due to the lockdown, working women faced the challenges of increasing workload at home. Meeting deadlines of outside work and household work has ultimately increased their mental stress, thereby adversely affecting their health. This paper also highlights the issue of domestic abuse during the lockdown, which is supported by the various case studies of National Commission for Women, and the challenges faced by women working in the health sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]