TY - JFULL AU - A. M. Sultana and Norhirdawati. M. Zahir and Norzalan. H. Yaacob PY - 2014/7/ TI - Women in the Teaching Profession: Impacts and Challenges T2 - International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences SP - 1693 EP - 1697 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9998471 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 90, 2014 N2 - Recently in Malaysia, women's participation in teaching profession has increased. The increasing trend of women’s participation in the teaching profession poses challenges in families, especially in the developing countries like Malaysia. One of these challenges, concerns in balancing their role between family and job responsibility that faced by many women teachers. The purpose of this study is to discover how women teachers' impact on family happiness and the challenges faced by them in balancing their role between family and job responsibility. The findings presented in this study are based on survey research in a secondary school Dato’ Bijaya Setia in the district of Gugusan Manjoi which is located in Kedah, Malaysia. The study found that employment of women in economic activity has several beneficial impacts of improving the economic condition of the family. The results also revealed that in low income earning families, both husbands and wives’ employment contribute to the family income that less likely to experience of family poverty. The study also showed despite women's teachers’ significant role towards the overall development of the family, the majority of women teachers encountered a number of difficulties in balancing their role between family and job responsibility especially when they need to work more than the normal working time. Therefore, it is common for the majority of women suffering from psychological stress when they are unable to complete the task at a fixed time. The present study also suggests implication of family friendly policy and its appropriate practice to support the women teachers who are significantly contributing to family, community and the country. ER -