April 2015 Vol. 3 No.4

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Original Research Article

Impact of the Working Environment on Women Workers in Rice Mills in Sherpur District of Bangladesh

¹Maria Khatun, *²Abu Sayed, ³Md. Hashmi Sakib , ⁴Md. Abdul Awal and ⁵Md. Mosiur Rahman

¹Assistant Engineer, BADC, Krishi Bhavan, Motijhil, Dhaka, Bangladesh
²Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Engineering, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh(EBAUB) Chapainawabgonj, Bangladesh
³Lecturer, Department of Extension and Rural development, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh
⁴Md. Abdul Awal, Associate Professor, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
⁵Scientific Officer, Department of Farm Machinery and Post-harvesting Process Engineering Division, BARI, Gazipur, Bangladesh

*Corresponding author E-mail: abu_982@yahoo.com
Tel.: +88-01712-149045

Accepted April 20, 2015

Abstract

A study was conducted to assess the status of the women workers in rice processing activities among five Upazilas of Sherpur district, Nalitabari and Nokla Upazila. Random sampling was employed to collect data and 110 respondents taken as sample from 880 enlisted populations were prepared by researcher herself with the help of local NGO workers from these two Upazilas. Data were collected using predesigned interview schedule. Majority of the respondents were young and middle aged. Besides Educational status is quite frustrating because of higher illiterate percentage. Most of the lands were taken as mortgage or rent. Since their socioeconomic status were not up to the mark, that was why it can be perceived that their occupation were not very much sound. That was why quantitatively, it was brought that most of the respondents were mill workers. In the house hold, female were the higher performer than male in case of rice processing activities. On the other hand it is found inverse relation in case of rice mill. But it was observed that overall performance was higher in case of female workers in both environment i.e. household and rice mill. Education and farm income is the major influential factors on the workers daily working hours. If consideration can be made on the physical work environment, “No plantation in the mill yard” and “No good facility of aeration in mill house” were the immense problem. In case of economical problem, there are two major problems viz. “No security for holding job” and “No salary when leave taken”. Moreover “No facility for recreations”, “No health check up facility”, “No facility for consulting with doctors” and “No insurance for accident” were the problems regarding health issues.

Keywords: Work environment, Women participation, Rice mill, Socio-economic