An Analysis of Women Legislation on Women Life At Workplace: A Case Study of Sargodha District

Abstract

The purpose of present study was to check the satisfaction level of women regarding laws that was making for their safety and protection at work place. Legislation is said to be the law or measure that has been sanctioned by a lawmaking body or other governing authority that is responsible for overlooking its creation. The sample comprised of 300 working women of Sargodha district drawn from urban and rural settings using multistage sampling (Sargodha district). The sample was distributed equally over the three demographics strata (two urban union councils of each tehsil and two rural union councils of each tehsil). At first stage, from Sargodha district 2 tehsils were selected randomly, at second stage from each tehsil four union councils were taken randomly (two urban, and two rural) at third stage from each union council 38 respondents were taken through purposive sampling. Data was analyzed through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) v. 16. The results revealed that a significant majority of the respondents were not satisfied with the legislations that was making to empowering them. The women who are aware of the legislations were also impeded by different cultural hurdles as they feel that these steps would defame them in such areas where they live.