Constraints to Working Women in Pakistani Society: A Case Study of Districts Mianwali and Bhakkar

Author(s) : Dr. Sadia Rafi, Irfan Riaz, Abid Hussain

Abstract:

Sex status assumes an imperative part in deciding different parts which are performed by particular gender in specific social orders. Because of patriarchal nature of Pakistani society, gender inequality has been seen at wide level. Hence, women have turned into the minimized section of this patriarchal society. Unfortunately, this fragment is more than fifty percent of the aggregate populace of Pakistan. Among this substantial populace, a few women populace can get chance to work but unfortunately these working ladies can't work with their maximum capacity for various constraints extended from family to society. In brief, women having occupation needs to persuade his family that she won't do anything which may hurt the families' appreciation and respect in the public arena. Alongside, she needs to adjust her family and profession in the meantime. In the light of these realities, the motivation behind the study is to investigate the imperviousness to working women at different levels. Using structured questionnaire, information was gathered from two hundred (200) working women serving public and private organizations of district Bhakkar and Mianwali. For dissecting information, OLS model is used and connected direct relapse to test the theory made by the scientist. The findings of the study are that working women are more marginalized in rural localities and conservative values are among core factors of constraints. Besides, women working in public organizations are facing less constraints comparing to those women working in private sector. Moreover, this research study concludes that working women are facing constraints of various magnitudes extending from family life to social surroundings. Hence, it is recommended that endeavors ought to be made at different levels including administrative and nearby levels. Then, it is dire need to create better opportunities for women in professions so that they are motivated for doing jobs.