We have reached such an age when earning is possible from the comfort of your home. So, it means women can also contribute to their families by earning by staying right at home. There are endless opportunities now.

Boutique business: We often forget that we can earn by means of what we can do best. This is particularly true for women in our country. They have lots of skills but they don’t know how to utilize those skills for their benefits. For instance, there are lots of women in our country who can sew things well and make design on it as well (widely known as embroidery), but they don’t know that such works are highly expensive. Women who are reluctant to go outside their home can earn a handsome amount of money by embroidering clothes and selling those to others. For example, a woman can produce hand-embroidered NakshiKathas (a type of embroidered quilt) and sell those. One important observation is that such Nakshi are in high demand among the affluent class and very expensive as well. A woman can sell those to different brands buying such things and even some brands buy different kinds of handicrafts prepared by women. So, there are lots of such opportunities.

App-based cooking services: Despite all the barriers women face in our society when it comes to making a place for themselves the situation is changing due to the fact that several online home-made food delivery services are helping these women to be befitted financially. They can now earn extra money with the help of what they do every day– cooking. Different app-based food delivery services now hire home cooks (housewives) for cooking home-made foods that are then sold to the prospective customers. One such app is ‘Food Peon’. Women can get registered with this app and be their chefs who will cook for the app’s customers. Every registered chef will have their own kitchen profile describing the kinds of dishes they are offering and its prices. Through this app, women can easily earn by their cooking skills and deliver homemade hygienic food to the customers.

So, this is another good way to earn for housewives. Here it is mentionable that such facility is so far limited to the capital city. So, only women living in Dhaka can avail of such apps. However, people related to these apps have said that they are working to expand this service outside Dhaka as well.

Online business: Starting a business is too heavy an idea to afford for the women. But no worries- this is the 21st century. Now everything is available online. And this could become a housewife’s greatest strength, if she wants to make right use of it. If you are a housewife and have offspring to take care of, then an online business is the perfect option to make easy money for you. You can open a page on a social networking site without spending a single penny and run your business. No investment (I mean no security money and monthly rent), great turnover- isn’t it a great idea?