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Home management is being considered as the prime responsibility of a woman. To raise the standard of living and to attain a sound economic base, participation of women in formal sector has increased. To create a balance between household and work, they have started looking for some helping hands. In this direction, domestic workers have become their hope to sustain life. It has been supposed that the household tasks can be efficiently performed by women only; therefore women domestic workers get priority over men to execute these responsibilities.

A sample consisting 150 employers, who have hired the services of women domestic workers, have been taken for the study. The data was collected using a self-structured questionnaire. A Five point Likert Scale(1= perfectly disagree to 5= perfectly agree) has been used. Averages and percentages were calculated to comprehend results.

The study reveals the factors responsible for the increasing demand for domestic workers in general, and demand for women domestic workers in particular. Further, it addresses the employers’ perspective towards women domestic workers. It also highlights the problems which the employers have faced and the probable risks undertaken by them while hiring the women domestic workers

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Background: Food security is a dynamic concept; it has been changing to integrate new ideas over the years since it was established. Mankind’s future ability to feed itself is reducing due to growing population, uncertain economic conditions, rising prices of agricultural products, increasing inequalities and adverse climatic conditions. The earth is capable of producing enough food in a sustainable way but unlocking that potential and ensuring all of humanity benefits will require major transformations. Therefore, more coherent and conscious system of governance of food security is required.

Methods: The paper is qualitative in nature. It seeks to highlight the linkages among food, consciousness and food security through secondary data sources.

Findings: The paper reveals that food, consciousness and food security are interconnected. Food choices and preferences have power to affect the level of consciousness. Conscious mind leads to right path; therefore, it assists to transform human behavior to take wise decisions. The paper further expresses the conscious behavioral approach to comprehend the way to accomplish a food secure world.

Applications: The government and policy makers can develop conscious food system through conscious behavioral approach to attain food and nutrition security.

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