WOMEN & PROFESSION

 

 

Present, Feminist theory emerged from these feminist movements. It is manifest in a variety of disciplines such as feminist geography, feminist history and feminist literary criticism.

     From the 1960 onwards the women’s liberation movement campaigned for women’s rights that include the right to bodily integrity, to autonomy, to vote (universal suffrage), to hold public office, to work to fair wages og equal pay, to own property, to education, to serve in the military, to enter into legal contract, andto have marital, parental and religious right.a nd noe the world celebrated ‘Womwn’s Day on March 8.

   Globalisation has presented new challenges for the realisation of the goal woman’s equality, the gender impact of which has not been systemati-cally evaluated fully. The finding of the micro-level studies commissioned by the Department of Women & Child Development, suggest a need for re-framing policies for access to employment and quality of employment. Benefits of the growing global economy have unevenly distributed leading to wider economic disparities, the feminisation of poverty, increasedgender inequal-ity through often deteriorating working condi-tions and  

 Unsafe working environment especially in the informal economy and rural areas. The negative social and economic impact, which have arisen from the globalisation process requires focusedaction to enhance the capacity of women and empower them.

 

Women Today

   ‘Behind every successful man there is a women and behind every successful women lies hard work characterises the role of women in human life. Given the opportunity they excel in every field.

Women in Menial Jobs: India already has, after China, the largest women workforce. About 30-50 percent of the estimated 480 million jobs are being performed by women, mostly in agriculture, construction and as domestic help. There is scope for shifting them with higher education, training and skill development to benefit them economi-cally as well as socially.

     Women in Industry: The important role played by women in Industry, particularly in electronics, information, technology, food processing, agro industry and textiles have been crucial to the development. They require comprehensive suppore in terms of labour legislation, social security and other support services to participate in various industrial sectors. Woman at present cannot work in night shift factories even if they wish to. Suitable measures need to be taken to enable women to work on the night shift in factories.

  Women in Service and Profession: Women-friendly personal policies are necessary to encourage woman to participate effectively in the development process. Some facilities like child care, crèches at work place would enable them to freely pursue their profrssion and maintain an optimal work-home balance.

Women in Accounts and Finance: Accountancy is often termed as a male dominated profession. The first women chartered Accountant, Ms Ethel Watts in 1924 succulently notes, ‘An eccentric choice of profession for women.’ At present the India fraternity of CAs constitutes 160,189 members, of which over 15% are women

    The honour of becoming first women CA in India goes to Mrs. Shirin K. Englneer of Mumbai in 1933. The second lady in the CA Profession was R.Shivabhogam of Chennai (1947). And the trend continues with larger participation. CA is a mult-dimensional profession requiring profess-sional acumen, persisitence, persevrrance, commitiment and camaraderie. It perseverance, commitment and camaraderie. It offers scope to participate as partner in nation building.