Working Women Balancing Their Professional And Personal life

By Ayesha Jabeen

Today working is no longer an adjustment or a mere necessity for her but a means to self worth and growth.

In this era of life working women are an important identity who have always contributed to the world, home and society extensively through some or the other means. Though the metamorphosis of a shy house bound domestic woman to a liberal outstanding woman has been gradual she is now come a long way to walk shoulder to shoulder with her male counterpart in every field. She is everywhere from farming and plowing the land to governing her country, in recent years more positions have been created and reserved for women in politics. She has time and again proved that she cannot be belittled in anything and can handle her every responsibility with enthusiasm and success.

She has been capable enough to accommodate both family and work responsibilities with ease into her life to show the world that it is not impossible for her to play the dual role of both a working woman and a home maker. It is said that the home maker’s job is the toughest job in the world, but the working woman is out here to prove that she is ready to face a challenge tougher than this by working out as well as at home. From the time of our ancestors people have subjugated women when it comes to contributing to economic activities assuming it is the prerogative of men whereas the loyalties of women are meant only for child rearing, hearth and home.

Today there is this woman who not only can raise her kids but also help her husband in meeting their financial responsibilities, her juggling between meeting deadlines and changing diapers, working at projects to cooking, providing day care to working night shifts have plunged her into conflicting situations many a times, she has sailed through it all with vigor. In this time of inflation and higher competence when most of the parents are striving to meet their children’s educational demands and other necessities, the working women are a boon to their families, as the double income is always welcome and provide a greater relief.

Working women have indeed been very helpful in promoting the world economy. Most women in rural India work for informal sector and contribute to economy in one way or the other, they work in household industries like handicrafts and weaving, on agricultural lands harvesting and plowing the crops, selling food, additionally ,they carry on with their domestic chores like cooking, fetching water and looking after children. Hence, it is not only the educated and urban woman who is proving her worth but also women from rural areas.

This gusto of a woman playing both the roles of home maker and working woman is well appreciated but she should never underestimate herself if she opts to remain only a house wife as mentioned earlier this is the toughest job and hardest challenge put forth for her. Weather a woman chooses to be a home maker or a working woman she deserves a big applause, she has proved her success everywhere and life would be empty and absurd without her.