Educated women forced to quit jobs, to tender homes
Yash Khajuria 7/27/2011 8:48:28 PM
JAMMU, July 27: Growing number of women are ending up in homes after completing their graduation and other professional courses in Jammu and Kashmir.
Lack of avenues in government and private sector is forcing them to end up in kitchens rather than contributing to their families’ income or development of the state.
According to women activists, although in recent years number of girls have began to move outside their homes and are working in government and private sector, but they face lot of difficulties to carry on with their jobs after marriage.
“There are no jobs opportunities in J&K and parents don’t allow girls to move out of the state to work in private companies, this is forcing the fair-sex to sit ideal in their homes”, said Hafiza Muzaffar, a women activist.
Adding, “state is already facing huge unemployment problem and among the girls it is almost double”.
For most of the women getting education is purely to get a good spouse as with the growing number of boys working in big multinational concern and preference for the educated bride, parents are investing on them only to make their after-marriage life comfortable.
“I was working as teacher in B.Ed college after doing my PG in Zoology but after my engagement my fiancée debarred me to work and instead asked me to remain in home”, said Sheerin, who left her job as college teacher.
There are thousands of girls who after marriage find themselves in tight situation after marriage, as they get crushed between commitment of married life and their career.
“I am a engineer and works for a private MNC in Noida, while my husband is a bank manager in Jammu. Now he is insisting me to leave job in Delhi and shift to city as our children are studying here plus his family is here”, said Rachna Gupta.
According to Suman, who runs a NGO, “Today women want to earn and move out of their homes but after marriage situation does not allow them. Be it nuclear family or joint family she has to manage her household”.
“I have come through number of cases were before marriage, boys clearly ask girls not to work even if they are well educated or well paying jobs. Secondly in government jobs there is system but in private jobs women are mostly exploited (less pay-more work)” she added.
Social activist, Kapil Suman who is working for the women empowerment in Jammu and Kashmir for last more than two-decades attribute this to the mind-set of society. “People feel that women are there to be suppressed and despite change in the society people still want their daughters and wives to remain in homes”.
She said that while some girls have broke the barrier and have reached at pinnacle in their respective areas but still majority of women are still in age old shackles”.
Lack of avenues in government and private sector is forcing them to end up in kitchens rather than contributing to their families’ income or development of the state.
According to women activists, although in recent years number of girls have began to move outside their homes and are working in government and private sector, but they face lot of difficulties to carry on with their jobs after marriage.
“There are no jobs opportunities in J&K and parents don’t allow girls to move out of the state to work in private companies, this is forcing the fair-sex to sit ideal in their homes”, said Hafiza Muzaffar, a women activist.
Adding, “state is already facing huge unemployment problem and among the girls it is almost double”.
For most of the women getting education is purely to get a good spouse as with the growing number of boys working in big multinational concern and preference for the educated bride, parents are investing on them only to make their after-marriage life comfortable.
“I was working as teacher in B.Ed college after doing my PG in Zoology but after my engagement my fiancée debarred me to work and instead asked me to remain in home”, said Sheerin, who left her job as college teacher.
There are thousands of girls who after marriage find themselves in tight situation after marriage, as they get crushed between commitment of married life and their career.
“I am a engineer and works for a private MNC in Noida, while my husband is a bank manager in Jammu. Now he is insisting me to leave job in Delhi and shift to city as our children are studying here plus his family is here”, said Rachna Gupta.
According to Suman, who runs a NGO, “Today women want to earn and move out of their homes but after marriage situation does not allow them. Be it nuclear family or joint family she has to manage her household”.
“I have come through number of cases were before marriage, boys clearly ask girls not to work even if they are well educated or well paying jobs. Secondly in government jobs there is system but in private jobs women are mostly exploited (less pay-more work)” she added.
Social activist, Kapil Suman who is working for the women empowerment in Jammu and Kashmir for last more than two-decades attribute this to the mind-set of society. “People feel that women are there to be suppressed and despite change in the society people still want their daughters and wives to remain in homes”.
She said that while some girls have broke the barrier and have reached at pinnacle in their respective areas but still majority of women are still in age old shackles”.
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