MZUJHSS, Vol. VI, Issue 2, December 2020 222 Issues and Challenges of Female Domestic Workers: An Analysis C. Lalrempuii * H. Elizabeth † Abstract Female domestic workers are a neglected group among the unorganized workforce in Mizoram. For decades they have been exploited and only in recent years NGOs are taking up the cause of women domestic workers. The trend of keeping females as a domestic worker has increased day by day. This could be because of lack of education, unemployment and lack of other vocational skills. This study highlights the “issues and challenges of domestic workers and focus on the ingrained working and living conditions of domestic workers”. The study intends to bring greater attention to the situation of domestic workers in Mizoram and to facilitate the development of strategies and practical measures for promoting their rights and employment and working and living conditions in Mizoram. However, domestic work has remained unorganized, unrecognized and unrewarding and is denied of minimum wages, healthy work period, safe working conditions and other benefits in the absence of trade unions and state intervention and moreover, women domestic workers are subjected to series of injustices, deprivations and indignities in modern society due to the absence of meaningful legal safeguards, welfare measures and other provisions for the empowerment of women. Keywords: Working Conditions, Living Conditions, Domestic Workers. Background The significant increasing demand on domestic workers is of growing concern today since many women are engaged outside the homes for work inclusive of paid and unpaid Labor (IN Ramirez, 2003). Historically, it is evidence that women in Mizoram practice jhum cultivation and mainly with a specific nature of work like hlothlawlh, cooking and preparation for lunch. However, with the pace of time the practices have now been changed where women work in government settings or non-governmental settings, private and public                       Vol. VI, Issue 2 (December 2020) http://www.mzuhssjournal.in/