A Study On Lived Experience Of Career And Personal Life Balance Of Married Working Mothers The Case Of Ethiopian Commodity Exchange Authority Employees

This study tries to understand Lived Experience of Career and Personal Life Balance ofrnMarried Working Mothers; the Case of ECEA Employees. The aim of the study is to examinernhow married working mothers balance their triple role of being wife, mother and employedrnworker.rnQualitative study, using a semi-structured interview guide and FGD was employed inrngathering the data. Eleven married working mothers where interviewed. Ten FGD membersrnwere discussed and thematic analysis was used to analyze the data.rnFinding from the study clarifies working mothers have their own definition of work lifernbalance which differs from one another, they face challenges like, lack of consistent support,rnlack of consistent home maid, economic difficulty, work load, no nearby day care longrntransportation and gender role. Working mothers also face stress that comes from the guilt ofrnleaving their children with house maid, from load of responsibilities and expectations, they haverndeveloped their own coping mechanism to help themselves cope up with their situation. It is alsornfound that being married and having children don’t affect work promotion but some said that itrnhas negative effect. These mothers perceive themselves as strong committed and selfless for theirrnfamily. It is also found that married working mothers manage to attain work life balance with thernhelp of others like family mother sister or house maid.rnKey words: work life balance, challenging gender role, support system, married working mothers.

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