Occupational Status of Muslim Women: A Case Study of Muslim Community in Mysore City, Karnataka
| Main Authors: | Ehsan Nikbakht Kashkooli, Prof. M. R. Gangadhar |
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| Format: | Article eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2019
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3775053 |
Daftar Isi:
- Work has been defined as activities for ‘pay or profit’, though now, in keeping with the suggestion of the system of National Accounts 1993, the term ‘economic activity’ rather than ‘work’ is used in official statistics. The income-oriented approach to the definition of work can capture only those who are in wage and salaried employment, self-employment. Many activities, which are for self-consumption, do not count as work. The invisibility of Muslim women’s work in economic accounting systems is thus due to the flawed definition of economic activity. Among the Muslim women in Mysore city who participated in this research, the majority of them were housewives and those who worked, were self-employed. Work participation of Muslim women, even though it is of a very tiny amount, varies in rural and urban areas. A minority of Indian Muslim women work throughout their lives, yet official statistics recognizes only certain types of work measured in terms of wage-earning economic activity as productive and that are counted in the measurement of national income. The research paper aims to answer this question. Should Muslim women and men be identical in occupational status? Should Muslim women give up their obligations towards the family and the children and take to various jobs? Should a Muslim woman be a soldier, a merchant, a farmer, a factory worker exactly as a Muslim man? What are the barriers, restrictions, impulsions and obstacles on the way of Muslim women empowerment in Mysore city?