Open AccessAnalyzing Level Of Sexual Harassment And Exploitation Of Female Domestic Workers
Author(s) -
Asma Manzoor,
Dua e Rehma,
Misbah Bibi Qureshi,
Muhammad Sadiq Shahid
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pakistan journal of gender studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-8886
pISSN - 2072-0394
DOI - 10.46568/pjgs.v13i1.193
Subject(s) - harassment , nonprobability sampling , poverty , affect (linguistics) , independence (probability theory) , socioeconomics , population , demographic economics , economic growth , psychology , sociology , demography , social psychology , economics , statistics , mathematics , communication
This study aims to establish the understanding and producing realistic information about the level of sexual harassment and exploitation of female domestic workers. The study has also tried to analyze the issues which affect the life of women working as domestic workers and facing great challenges. In Pakistan number of female domestic workers is growing dut to poverty, lack of education and inflation. By using quantitative research method researcher has analyzed different factors and circumstances which these women are experiencing, different areas of Karachi are chosen as universe of population for this study. Whereas, convenience and purposive sampling techniques of non-probability sampling method are used in order to collect the data by hundred respondents from different areas of Karachi. In Pakistan now more women are connected to labour force due to increased employment opportunities, on the other hand women are doing work outside their homes to gain their economic independence and the rights and social standing like men in the family and society. But they face exploitation, sexual harassment and discrimination.