An overwhelming 87% of Amdavadi women, in a survey by a global firm, said they felt stressed most of the time, while 82% said they had no time to relax…
“Men do not want to shoulder the responsibility of assisting on other fronts and hence the stress keeps mounting on women…” —Aditi Desai, social activist helping women prisoners.
Abha Shah*, 35, a therapist and the sole breadwinner in a family of four, leaves for work at 9 am after completing household chores. Her husband is physically challenged and a patient of depression and she also has to look after her five-year-old son and mother-in-law. Above all, she has no support system to fall back on at the end of the day. Smita Patel*, 42, a bank employee, manages a family of two adolescent daughters and a physically incapacitated husband. She also plays counsellor to her eldest daughter in her marital problems.
A recent survey by global information and analytics firm Nielsen on women in emerging markets reveals that Indian women feel they are the most stressed of all. An overwhelming 87% of those surveyed said they felt stressed most of the time, while 82% had no time to relax.
