Changing Role of Women Due to Technology at Household Level: A Case Study of Village Chontra, District Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Abstract

This research paper focuses on the women of rural communities in Pakistan. An attempt has been made to find out the changing role of women in the multiple spheres of their life as mother, sister, wife and daughter after technological advancement and to explore the ground realities of changing the social life of women. An attempt has also been made to find out the cultural and socio-economic impact of development, increasing trend of electronic appliances in the household chores and the impact of mechanized change on their lives. How the home appliances affected their health, the household economy and the overall economy of the family. This paper highlights the role of women in the household and agricultural fields and to compare the traditional technologies with the modern technologies. It also examines the economic partnership of the women in the household and her in social relationship among the villagers. The objective is to dig out the economic effects on the household economy with the purchasing the new technologies and new stylish clothes and other nestles on the middle class or poor middle class families of the village. This research was conducted in village Chontra, Rawalpindi in 2010. Qualitative anthropological techniques were used to collect empirical data.