Empowerment of Women through Glass Bangles Manufacturing in Hyderabad Sindh

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to investigate and identify the present status of empowerment among women who works in glass bangles manufacturing as home based workers to support their family due to mostly financial reasons. The focus of the research is on the economic as well as social aspects of empowerment of bangles manufacturer. Firstly the sample of 50 women was selected and the research was conducted in the locality of Latifabad unit #8. For this purpose the research tools that used mainly are in-depth interviews and participant observation apart from others tools and the data were noted on the dairy. After building rapport in the first part, the process of bangle manufacturing is discussed in tbe thesis for the purpose of explaining the nature of the work done by these women. Secondly the thesis then discusses the social and economic condition of the women that leads them to work in this industry as an informal labour. In conclusion the thesis argued that empowerment among women who works in bangle industries is as essential as for other women who works for the economy and the reason by which they are unable to attain empowerment in the domain of social and economic sphere is mainly the education and secondly their exploitation in the form of low wages, cause dissatisfaction. Apart from all that lack of government interests in making these women empowered is the major factor that makes them subordinate in all activities of life.