IOSR-JHSS   Volume-21 ~ Issue-5 ~ May-2016

Abstract: With the advent of modern age, as the number of women employees are growing, the maternity leave and other maternity benefit has become increasingly common. But there was no beneficial piece of legislation in the horizon which is intended to achieve the object of doing social justice to women workers. In many parts of the world, very little is known about maternity leave by women themselves before they become pregnant. Many are unaware of their rights.........

Keywords: Female worker, maternity, maternity leave, maternity benefit, maternity leave policies etc.

[1]. Anam, R.L.(2008). "Inequalities and variations of maternity leave policies throughout the world: Special focus on Bangladesh‟. BRAC University Journal,1, p:93-98
[2]. A Critical Review on the Protection and Promotion of Working Women regarding Maternity Benefit Rights: Bangladesh perspective by Ashiya Akter, World Vision Research Journal, ISSN:2078-8460,Vol- 08
[3]. BRAC University Journal, Anam "Inadequacies and variations of Maternity leave policies throughout the world: Special focus on Bangladesh‟ vol, no. 1, 2008, pp. 93-98
[4]. http://www.thedailystar.net/maternity-benefits-right-or-privilege-38659
[5]. http://myrepublica.com/opinion/story/25422/infographics-maternity-benefits-around-the-world.html

Abstract: Human trafficking poses as one of the greatest threats to human rights all over the world. It occurs in every single country on the globe. Poverty is the basic cause of human trafficking along with the others like political instability, demand for labour, low educational status, migration and rapidly growing sex industry. Women and children are more vulnerable for human trafficking because they have less social empowerment and weak in physical stature.........

Key Words:-Human trafficking, North-eastern region, Poverty, Sex industry, children, Labour.

[1]. sistersagainsttrafficking.org
[2]. http://www.who.int
[3]. www.google.com
[4]. Singh Uma Kant: 'Modern Essay', Arihant publications(India) limited, ISBN: 978-81-8348-215-8
[5]. 'Swetabhuja'(2015): A journal of women cell of Beltola College,Guwahati-28, ISBN: 978-93-83588-09-1, page no. 47-53

Abstract: An attempt will be made in this paper to study the problem in a micro perspective vis-à-vis the evolving situation in India through the constitutional amendments relating to panchayati raj institutions ( PRIs ) adding thereby a third tier in the functioning of parliamentary democracy constitutionalising reservation of not less than one-third of the total number of seats for women in PRIs in the country. We begin by stating the issues involved in power and authority, and then in subsequent sections the inhibiting factors, changes in the situation, and the emerging situation are proposed to be dealt with. Then we take up the role of women in PRIs and state our conclusions.

[1]. Cf. WOMEN'S REALITIES, WOMEN'S CHOICES :An Introduction to Women's Studies ( Hunter College Women's Studies Collective ( Oxford University Press, New York, 1983 ), pp. 537-8.
[2]. Vinoba, WOMEN'S POWER ( Sary Sova Sangh Prakashan, Rajghat, Varanasi, 1982 ), p. 12. 3. TOWARDS EQUALITY : Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in INDIA ( Government of India, Ministry of Education & Social Welfare, New Delhi, December 1974 ), p. 301.
[3]. TOWARDS EQUALITY, p. 301.

Abstract: Nilanjana Sudeshna -Jhumpa Lahiri a post colonial, worldwide notable, diasporic, insignificant, South Asian woman writer and a Pulitzer Prize winner Indian American author. Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake is much more apprehensive with the growth of the Indian Diaspora in a changed world than dealing with the tradition and culture of India...........

Keywords: Multi-cultural, anxieties, unusual, hopelessness, alienation, expatriation, shrewdness and extraordinariness.

[1]. Peshkepia, Nexhat, A heart in migration,2005, 70
[2]. Agarwal, Malti. New Perspectives on Indian English Writings, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors.p.Ltd.p.40.
[3]. Lahiri, Jhumpa, The Namesake, London: Harper Collins Publishers,2003. p.6.
[4]. Shneidman Es. The Suicidal Mind. Oxford University Press. 1996.p.173.
[5]. Lahiri, Jhumpa, The Namesake, London: Harper Collins Publishers,2003. p.37.