Gender roles

p The Changing Gender Roles and Health Impacts among Sri Lankan Women Working in EPZ

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Traditionally , duties carried out by individuals in the society depended on their gender . This trend is however slowly changing with creation of a global environment caused by international institutions and economic globalization processes (Attanapola , 2004 . This will evaluate the changing gender roles in Sri Lanka and give a correlation how this change has impacted the health of female workers in the industrial sector in export-processing zones (EPZ ) in Katunayake . A case

study of a 23-year old Rani will be considered to show how the change in gender roles has negatively and positively impacted her health and social values

The Changing Gender Roles and Health Impacts among Sri Lankan Women Working in EPZ

Gender roles refer to the particular types of activities that are meant for individuals based on their gender . In traditional setting , men do most of the work to provide for the family while women entirely devote their time in doing household chores . However , with the economic constrains in Sri Lanka , there has been a major paradigm change in gender roles and women are increasingly assuming new roles to address these problems

In Sri Lanka , the change of gender roles can be attributed to the change in policies , especially the 1977 economic liberalization policies that the government passed at the request of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund under the SAP (Attanapola , 2004 . The government of Sri Lanka had...