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Vol. 8, Issue 1, Part A (2026)

A sociological study of challenges of working women in their social lives

Author(s):

Durga Sharma

Abstract:

The hardship of women in every stage of life is very difficult and stressful in despot patriarchal society. They are following their duties as employed and in family too. It is very challenging to create a balance between outside and inside home. Women have to face a lot of problem in their workplace and also have to fulfil their duties in their family as mother, as wife, as daughter in law and others. Studies have identified several variables like the size of the family, numbers and age of the children, working hours and level of support etc. influenced the balance between the personnel and professional life of a woman. In present era, working women are facing a lot of issues more than men because while dealing with the professional life, they have to deal with household and the social world also and Because of all these, lots of imbalance arise while balancing professional and personnel life which troubled them at some point of time to prove them. This makes the life of women so stressful and difficult. Therefore, the present paper focuses on the issues and challenges faced by the working women to balance their social and economic life. The research has used primary method of data collection for the analysis of the study.

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International Journal of Sociology and Humanities
How to cite this article:
Durga Sharma. A sociological study of challenges of working women in their social lives. Int. J. Sociol. Humanit. 2026;8(1):16-22. DOI: 10.33545/26648679.2026.v8.i1a.250
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