Mizo Women Comprise 43.98 Per Cent of The Workforce

Aizawl, Mar 8 : Women folk in Mizoram comprise a healthy 43.98 per cent of the state's total work force, says a new book on economic participation of the fairer sex.

"The population of working women is increasing in the state as they are emancipated a lot here, and they now constitute 43.98 per cent of the total work force," the author Dr Lalhriatpuii has said in her book 'Economic Participation of Women in Mizoram', which was published here last week.

Lalhriatpuii, however, has lamented that in the strict Mizo patriarchal society, the rise of women is often put on brakes especially in the villages.

"Many women in the villages are compelled to perform household chores and have no opportunity to take up any career or jobs outside the confine of the homes and also due to lack of educational qualification amongst the womenfolk," she said.