In our country mothers are not equally valued as their male counterparts owing to the fact that housewives largely count on their husbands or male family members for financial help. As our society is patriarchal in nature, women are discouraged to work outside. They are advised and sometimes even forced to stay inside home and take care of children and other family members. However with the passage of time the society and its mindset are changing to a great extent. Technological advancement is opening up many opportunities for women who were earlier deprived in many ways. So if someone is hell bent on doing something for herself, then there are so many options now. Read on to find out the options:

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 everyday – 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 ‘Home Chef’. This is one of those homemade food delivery service providers co-operating with housewives. In this platform, most of the chefs are women and they are always encouraged to share new recipes and the best ones receive various types of gifts. Besides, women can also sell their foods through this platform. 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.

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 nakshi kathas and sell those. One important observation is that such nakshi are in high demand among 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.

Online business

Starting a business is too heavy an idea to afford for the women. But no worries- this is 21^st 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? If you are running out of ideas, get some from us. For example- you can open a page to sell baby products. First of all, buy baby products from the wholesalers and then offer competitive prices on your page after analyzing the market price. You will see that lots of people are eager to buy your products as you will offer relatively lower price. And remember that people in this post-modern age are getting increasingly lazy, so there is always a prospect for online services.

So, no more lagging behind — it’s time for the girls to ramp up their efforts and do something for themselves.