Abstract:
Bangladesh where 48.4~t. of population are wO!11eu, their role
and status are important indices to natio:1al develoPl:ien!-{ It
has been admitted in second Five Year Plan that the extremely
low and declining share of female employment ~oints to the fact
that women are definitely a disadvantaged group in view of the
productive work they are doing and can be done by them. Tileir
emploYr.1ent requirement is tlardly recognised.
In fact the crucial need at the time is women participation,
not only by a segment of women but by all, at all levels, at
all sphere of activities specially those submerged in poverty
and ignorance.
LThe continuous migration of rural people to urban areas in
search of regular jobs, beLter living and other facilities are ,,
creating pressure on urban centres. Urban centres are not physii
cally capable of adequate services required for such newcomers. !
Among the.most unskilled jobs Lhat are easily available for
women, specially in cities are those of domestics. They unclertake
such subservient jobs in a desperate bid to eke out their
existence.
t1'he present study is j";iaii11y based on emperical data collec.ted
thrciugh survey questionnaire in various parts of the Dhaka city.',
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The study"has t~i8d to e~plain the socio.- eco~omic aspect of
the domestics and tl1eir contri~ution to the urban ~conomy.
~inally on the basis of t!le findings from the survey, a set
of proposals are given. These may be of some help in establishing
policies for the elfected group's near future which is
presently covered in'darkness.-!
