Single Working Mothers and Socio-Economic-Cultural Environment in India: An Empirical Study

IF 1.4 Q2 SOCIAL WORK
Eliza Sharma, John Ben Prince
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Within a complex social fabric interwoven into the Indian working class, this research studies the socio-economic-cultural environment of India in the context of single working mothers and the impact of the generation gap on the perceived socio-economic-cultural environment of Indian society for single working mothers (SWMs). Considering the scarce importance given to human rights in India, the need to study employed single working mothers was identified as a key focus area. The study was based on primary data collected from 577 single working mothers from eight states of India. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was used to develop a model for the socio-economic-cultural environment of the Indian society for single working mothers. The study highlighted four major socio-economic-cultural environment factors which influence single working mothers. These factors were mainly work environment, employment challenges, community and society prejudices, and family responsibilities. Out of these four, old and new generation single working mothers have the same community perceptions, culture, prejudices, family responsibilities, and work environment. Findings from this study may be used by industry to develop more inclusive workspaces and policies that recognize the contributions of single working mothers; from a societal standpoint, key takeaways challenge existing notions of childcare and careers. The paper could serve as a wake-up call for social organizations that assist in policymaking regarding career-oriented mothers who don multiple roles and are motivated to excel in all walks of life.

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印度单亲工作母亲与社会经济文化环境:实证研究
在与印度工人阶级交织在一起的复杂社会结构中,本研究以单身职业母亲为背景,研究印度的社会经济文化环境,以及代沟对单身职业母亲(SWMs)所感知的印度社会经济文化环境的影响。考虑到印度对人权的重视程度很低,研究受雇的单身职业母亲的必要性被确定为一个关键的重点领域。研究基于从印度八个邦的 577 名单身职业母亲那里收集到的原始数据。研究采用了探索性和确认性因素分析法,为单身职业母亲建立了一个印度社会经济文化环境模型。研究强调了影响单身职业母亲的四个主要社会经济文化环境因素。这些因素主要是工作环境、就业挑战、社区和社会偏见以及家庭责任。在这四个因素中,新一代和老一代单亲职业母亲具有相同的社区观念、文化、偏见、家庭责任和工作环境。这项研究的结果可被行业用于制定更具包容性的工作空间和政策,以承认单亲职业母亲的贡献;从社会的角度来看,主要结论对现有的育儿和职业观念提出了挑战。本文可以为社会组织敲响警钟,帮助他们制定有关以事业为导向的母亲的政策,这些母亲身兼多职,在各行各业都表现出色。
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期刊介绍: This journal offers an outlet for articles that support social work as a human rights profession. It brings together knowledge about addressing human rights in practice, research, policy, and advocacy as well as teaching about human rights from around the globe. Articles explore the history of social work as a human rights profession; familiarize participants on how to advance human rights using the human rights documents from the United Nations; present the types of monitoring and assessment that takes place internationally and within the U.S.; demonstrate rights-based practice approaches and techniques; and facilitate discussion of the implications of human rights tools and the framework for social work practice.
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