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Sharp decline amid female labour force has raised concerns amongst policy makers regarding women livelihood strategies. Employment of female is a precarious factor for their economic empowerment and their inclusiveness in a society. Following study has been undertaken as a response to the rising concern over decreasing participation of female workforce in Jhajjar with the main purpose of understanding the numerous explanations behind this declining phenomenon. The research study revolves around status of women and livelihood situation, problems and constraints faced by women for participating in the workforce and lastly various Centre and state policies focusing on Skill Development of women in Haryana. In the following research Mixed method approach was applied to accomplish the stated objectives where tools like household questionnaires, key interviews and focused group discussions were employed as primary data collection tools and the focus was not only to analyze quantitative data but also on the interactions between numerous socio economic factors leading to this decline apart from this secondary data was collected through census data, NFHS data , government websites and other Haryana government reports were studied. Work opportunities for women was limited in the villages of Jhajjar with most of the females engaged in agriculture. The focus should be more on the skill training of women to improve their workforce participation. Due to numerous socio economic factors and cultural factors together with the utmost concern for security and getting job opportunities in their vicinity. Hence, considering all these factors creating employment opportunities for women in rural areas should be utmost concern for policy makers and more focus should be on the implementation of the schemes.
Keywords: Declining Female workforce, Socio – economic constraints, Skill Development.
