Hello there,

I'm doing research to the balance between work and family of Indian women.  Combining  a family life and making a career is especially for Inidian women still a very difficult issue. I'm investigating solutions how women can combine a job and a family life. Parttime work, flexible working hours, job-sharing or telework are options that will be discussed in my project.

In short, I'm looking for stories of maried women who are making a career; what are your experiences? How do you combine your family life with your work? I'm also looking for stories of women who have given up work life; what are the factors behind your decisions?

I would be thankful if anybody would share their experiences!

Cheers

Hi Stephanie

I am a man and was married for 15 years with my sweet-heart. She was working as a Asst. Professor in a Women's college. After marriage she left the job, as she wanted to take care of my ailing mother. I was helping her in the household chores, right from cutting vegetables, cooking food, if she is engaged otherwise. My wife then found a teaching position in a local school, and also was taking tuitions at home, in order to keep updating her knowledge.

IN all these activities she never forgot her duty towards her mother-in-law, myself and our child. I used to share her work. She wanted to do  a teaching degree and I agreed and helped her enrol in B.Ed in correspondence. She passed this in First class.

She was a bit upset due to the fact that she had to quit the COllege post, but she never regretted her decision. She was committed and lovable. I made her feel important as she was the bridge between our family members.

Unfortunately she passed away in 1983 when my child was 12 years old, due to a wrong diagnosis by the Doctor.

But having lived with such a lovable woman (incidentally she was classmate in Bsc and Msc nd I married her after 5 years of passing out from the college), I can answer any query that you may have regarding Working Women.

Hope I have not bored you.

With best wishes for you research work.

TES

I think women are exploring other options like the ones you mentioned, apart from others like working from home.
Being the daughter of someone who was initially tied down to being a house wife due to family pressures but found her way out, I come from the school of thought that it is possible to strike just the right balance if done correctly.
My mother started work from home  -that is she started designing jewelry from home which eventually were bought off by big jewelry houses.
I know of others who started similiar things from home - like dress designing, packaged food delivery, tiffin services, etc. Start up problems do not evade them either, but in the end things sort themselves out. So while they'r running full-fledged profit making businessess now, they'r doing it from the confines of thier homes & thus manage to take care of thier respective families too.

Hi stephanie83,

Well in my views now a day both husband and wife work to make their life more simple and also for their childs good future.

Well there are 2 thing of women working.

1. If you have ur own business and if wife is helping you in business then for her life becomes more simple in terms of her flexibility of work. then understanding, taking care of childrens, work timings.. taking care of family and all.. so this is much more in interest of women .

2. Situation where Wife is working with corporates and tht time it is bit difficult for her to manage everything..and same time husbands get more and more worried about family when wife goes to work.. After a kid it becomes much more complicated for her.

Cheers!

This is a very interesting topic. I am not a woman and neither am i working but I know its very tough. Infact especially after childbirth, the going gets more tough and women usually take leave.