Work and urban environment impact on the life of women slum dwellers in Bangalore City

This paper is an attempt to study the work and urban environment impact of on the Women living in slum areas of Bangalore City. The sample for the study consisted of 100 working women from four different slum areas of Bangalore City. Women in slums due to their lack of education, lack of technical and professional skills and lack of awareness are forced to join low paid jobs. Apart from the day to day difficulties of life they face other difficulties also. Current study focused on the problems of these disadvantaged women. Along with the difficulties of being a woman they have to bear the hardships of being a slum dweller. Hence the pressure of duel task of productive and unproductive work puts a lot of impact on the physical and mental health of these women. As a result women face weakness, fatigue, breathlessness, poor appetite and frequent illness.