Burden on Working Women

Abstract

With the advent of ‘developmental’ measures in the form of various constitutional and legal provisions, the women in India are now working in various sectors of the economy. But this has not been a smooth sail for these working women. There are lots of intricacies involved in this story. Therefore, to have an understanding of these nuisances; this paper focuses on the life of working women from the teaching class, who are caught between the onus of household responsibilities on one side and official liabilities on the other side. The research aims to understand the problem faced by the working women in the context of this ‘double burden’. It further studies about the availability of helping hands in their life to ease down the projected duties. Their expectations from the people around them, is another important aspect which is explored in this study. Moreover, women’s satisfaction out of their work and home management skills is also studied under this research.