| dc.description.abstract | This dissertation was aimed at investigating and describes the ways in which social norms have influenced unpaid domestic care work done by women in seeta town. The research was carried out in seeta town in mukono district, uganda basically in the villages of gwaffu, nantabuliirwa and others. The significance of the research was to understand how social norms influence unpaid domestic care work done by women. The study used a qualitative data collection method. The tools included focus group discussion interviews, key informant interviews and in-depth interviews in order to get deeper and balanced information. Among the research findings they include; gender roles, obedience of the existing social norms, compliance, conformity, personal attitudes, and role of family, group influence and cooperation. The research discovered that majority of the women who do udcw do not have any other activity that they do and also men do not pay them cash for doing these activities but they instead gift them for example through buying clothes for them, shoes and other necessities, other women claim that they do these domestic because it is their responsibility as women as men go look for money to support the family. More so research discovered that even if these norms that bring about distribution of activities in the community affect the women, they just comply to them in order not to gain disrespect from the community, there are also rewards that come with women doing domestic duties such as gaining respect from the family and the community at large, sign of respect to the social norms, among others, this also comes with sanctions such as gaining disrespect from the community members, a man who does these duties is stigmatized by the community and seen as bewitched, among others. The study examined the different perceptions that people have towards unpaid domestic care work done by women, as currently little literature is written on the subject. The recommendations included; increase women’s and girls’ agency to intimate conversations with their women representatives, build on positive norms, researchers should pick more interest in the study, consider the relationships between individuals, communities, and societal levels and aim towards facilitating agency of women of especially women, girls, groups and communities. The topic was chosen as the relevance of today’s circumstances where many women in uganda and the world at large have been exposed to unpaid domestic care work world especially during the long lock down. Consequently, it has been a global and national problem that needs to be addressed and given much attention, therefore the dissertation examined the different social norms and how they have influenced unpaid domestic care work done by women | en_US |
