Affecting Factors for Women Employment: A Case Study of Bedehe Municipality, Dhanusha District

Abstract

Women employment is essential for women empowerment. The research study tried to explain affecting factors for women employment particularly in Bedehe Municiplaity, Dhanusha. In this connection, the study focused on social and economic status of employed women as well as motivational and demotivational factors for women employment. To the end, 43 respondents working with volunteer as well as salary basis were regarded as sample number. This research has asserts whether those organizations are successful to empower women and change their socio-economic status in the society. In addition, the study shows that 11.86 percent of the women staff are holding the Master degree and very few have technical backgrounds. It is worth mentioning that more than eighty percent of the women staffs have hold on income and manage household affair. In the male dominated society like ours gender discrimination is very rampant in all the sectors. But with the change of time and media intervention through television, papers and radios, people have started providing equal opportunities to women in every sector. There is the positive perception from organizations heads that female employee are equally capable if give opportunities. However, males are in permanent job holding higher position in most of the organizations whereas females are in temporary job and holding non-officer positions. Similarly, working age, level of education, family support, organizational support, attractive salary and institutional environments are found to be motivational factors for women employment. At the same time gender discrimination practices, sexual harassment, minimum involvement in organization and development process or decision making process also are regarded as demotivational factors for women employment. Finally, the study comes up with the conclusion that, women employment opportunities definitely can foster women empowerment process. Therefore, locally run organizations should give priority to chaos females as head if they have the same qualifications and experience to their counterpart male colleagues as well as create employment opportunities to the females. There should some sort of retrenchment policy in the organization to attract their employees for longer term especially to female employees.