Challenges Faced by Working Women in India

Contrary to many beliefs India has come a long way in terms of women having the same opportunities as men. It’s been over sixty years since our country gained independence, but Indian women are still not allowed to move independently.Though woman is worshipped here as Goddess here, people can’t just restrain from committing atrocities against them. Working women in India are faced with lot more challenges than their counterparts in the other parts of the world.
The financial demands on the Indian families are becoming fiercer by day. The sky rocketing cost of living, increasing expenses on education of children, increasing cost of housing properties in India force every family in India to look for ways and means of increasing the household income. As a result, women in India who were mostly known as homemakers are forced to go for jobs and take up even careers that were considered only suitable for men such as working in night shifts in call centers or BPOs. They are left with no option but to fend for their families in all possible ways.
The status of Indian women has undergone considerable change. Though Indian women are far more independent and aware of their legal rights, such as right to work, equal treatment, property and maintenance, a majority of women remain unaware of these rights. Women have started sleeping lesser than before because only when they wake up early they can cook for the family, get themselves ready for the job, get their children ready for the schools, so on an average, women lost 2 hours of sleep per day and up to 14 hours sleep per week.
In India men do not share on most of the household chores, it is women who have to cook, clean the house, do the dishes, wash clothes, get their children ready for school etc. Men just took care of few chores that are to be dealt outside the house. So the major burden of running the family is on the shoulders of women. It was alright for women to handle all the chores as long as they were homemakers. Now with their increasing need for getting some income for the family, they have to work all the more harder.
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As a typical Indian women, it is our responsibility to serve our family. It becomes difficult to manage when we are the working one.At office, we have to give our best performance & at the same can’t neglect the household works.