Problems of Working Women in Islamabad: A Case of Four Public Organizations

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Published May 25, 2023
https://doi.org/10.61506/02.00025
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Javeria Arshad Kayani
MPhil Scholar, Department Education, Alhamd Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Shazia Zaheer
Headmistress, PhD (Education) Student, Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Salima Barkat Ali
Department of Psychology, Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan
Waqas A. Khan
Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, PhD Student, Hiroshima University, Japan
Zuhaib Nishtar
Department of Electrical Engineering and New Energy, China Three Gorges University

Abstract

Working women face many problems at the work place. Women workers face more challenges than male workers. For instance, being a working woman they are also house hold women and they have many responsibilities as well as professional responsibilities. They have to maintain balance between her home and career. Different problems such as attitude of society members and prejudice adversely affect the utilization of their talent and working abilities. The objectives of the study were to:(a) Find out the problems faced by the working women  (b) Find out the attitude of their families towards working women (c)Check the existing status and security of the women. The study was a survey research type. Design of the study was a quantitative research. All the working women of Islamabad was population of the research study. The simple random sampling technique was used to select working women from various professions. Questionnaire was designed   in order to collect data that was comprised of open ended and close ended questions. Population of the study was working women of Islamabad. Data were collected by personal visits. Questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 54 working women in Islamabad and thus data were collected. Data analysis were done through calculating mean score, percentage and frequencies. Result of the study shows that working women face multiple problems at workplace including, harassment, gender discrimination, work family adjustment and lack of support from the family. Study recommended that work organizations should provide a gender discrimination free environment and families might help and support working women to bring productivity and creativity in their work as this will help the families to lessen the financial burden.

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Kayani, J.A., Zaheer, S. , Ali, S.B., Khan, W.A. and Nishtar, Z. 2023. Problems of Working Women in Islamabad: A Case of Four Public Organizations. Journal of Policy Research. 9, 1 (May 2023), 606–614. DOI:https://doi.org/10.61506/02.00025.
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