Emerging Concerns of Women and Work: A Study on Working Women of Dibrugarh Town, Assam

Abstract

Dr.Manashi Gogoi Borgohain Abstract: From ancient time, it is believed that- where women are respected, there Gods delight and where they are not respected there all works and efforts come to naught. There is no hope to raise that family or country where they live in sadness. In Ancient India, women enjoyed the highest position in the society equal with man, when the education of women had made a great progress. But in Mediavel Period, after establishment of Muslim rule, parda system became prevalent both the Muslim and the Hindu women started to deprive from education and their social status also started to decline. It is not mentionable that after independence the status of women in India has changed a lot. We would like to highlight the fact that- Indian women today is still not economically emancipated from man. In social, psychological and moral dimensions also her status is not identical with that of man. The way she carries on her job, profession and domestic work and devotion to all these depend on the context supplied by the total pattern of her life. Although Women have been playing a major role in the economy of the state, but till now a large majority of women in our society fail to achieve liberation since they do not escape from the traditional feminine world. They get neither from society nor from their husbands the assistance needed to become in concrete fact the equals of man. The main cause of this situation is the Inherent Patriarchy in our society. To enha...