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OCCUPATIONAL PROBLEMS OF WOMEN BUS CONDUCTORS
Women have to face challenges and problems just because they are female gender, be in any field but difficulties and obstacles are common which all women go through every day. The transport sector is considered male-oriented which requires more masculine force and women were not considered suitable for the role of driver or conductor, etc. in a past era.
But now women also take up work as women conductor or cab drivers because now many are initiating and they are also capable of this work. There are many challenges women face while working because women bus conductor is very few in number as it is assumed that it can be done in a better way only by males and not females.
Bus conductors usually have a standing job because it is the main part of the job but these become a problem for a woman sometimes when she has her personal problems and standing for a long journey is hard for women. Another challenge is of working hours as many buses have more working hours and it makes a difficult for women to work that more than given hours because after working, she also has to go home and cook and do household chores also.
The most common trouble is the conduct and behavior of passengers in buses with them, many try to touch and harass not only women conductors but its those commonly observed among passengers also. There are many problems women conductors face but still keeps on facing them because some have a commitment towards work and others have to work because it is their livelihood.
But these problems can be resolved if the government takes steps to improve the rules and consider women’s problems.