Table 8b: Awareness of rights as workers by sector Name of sector Total Telecommunication Oil& Gas Banking Source: Field survey, 2009 Awareness of rights as Workers Yes No Total 86(24.29%) 10(2.82%) 96(27.11%) 92(25.98%) 8(2.25%) 100(28.24%) 136(38.41%) 22(6.21%) 158(44.63%) 314(88.70%) 40(11.29%) 354 Table 8c: Awareness of Rights by Gender S/no Awareness of Rights by Gender Male Female Total 1 Yes 2 No Total 200(90.90%) 20(9.90%) 220(62.14%) 116(86.56%) 316(89.26%) 18(13.43%) 38(10.73%) 134(37.85%) 354 Source: Field survey, 2009 As a follow up to the above question, respondents were asked to mention what they consider as rights, to determine how conversant they are with the regime of rights. In all, 11 categories of rights were identified with a total of 804 responses(respondents were allowed multiple responses). The right with the highest frequency is economic right (incorporating the issues of salary and welfare) at 301 responses which is 37.43% of the total. The right to associate ranks second with 114(14.17%) responses, followed by the right to participate in management/freedom of expression at work with 107 (13.30%) responses. The right to annual leave comes next with 80 responses while the right to life/personal security/safety has a frequency of 56. It is interesting to note that the right to job security was mentioned only eight times while no one mentioned maternity right, not even the female respondents. This pattern of responses does not suggest a deep appreciation of what is involved in the advocacy for workers' rights. For example, the right to associate is regarded as central to accessing other rights, but the 28