Married Working Women-Identification of Challenges and Strategies to Overcome Hurdles: A Study on Urban Women Workers of Dhaka City.

Women’s increasing financial contribution became vital for economic development of the country and economic contribution to the family. Keeping this in mind Bangladeshi women obtain much attention to enhance their socio-economic condition and empowerment level. Though much attention is given on various aspect of developing women in society, not much has been done to support the married working women in urban areas of Bangladesh. Married working women in Dhaka city are intertwined in a social system that requires them to handle both family and work responsibility with special care and caution. This group of women faces various challenges that become a hurdle in their further advancement. The studies and initiatives in Bangladesh are heavily focused on rural women and haven’t focused on providing solutions to this sector. The current study besides filling the current literature gap will also provide a solution to address their challenges. Thus the aim of the paper is to identify the intensity of different challenges and provide suggestions towards the women, the family members and the organization the women works in. In order to serve the objective, primary data has been collected from 200 married working women employed in various sectors of Dhaka city using purposive sampling method. Different challenges that will become part of the questionnaire have been identified from intensive investigation of existing literature. KMO test has been done before conducting factor analysis and the result is more than 0.6. Factor analysis has been done to identify factors. It has been observed that some factors are more significant as challenges. Suggestions have been provided on the basis of the results. This paper will help policy makers of different sectors of the society. These suggestions if properly implemented will help in utilizing the full potential of these working women ultimately positively impacting the society.