Women are taught to accept tribulations that arise from traditional roles, customs values, and attitudes as natural without being rational. Gender related qualities initiated from antiquity, the barriers emerged as customs, values, and attitudes within certain social communities are rarely questioned. Women, mostly in rural contexts are expected to live with the man-made behavioural roles accept them as their destiny. Also prominent is the fact that, rural women in contrast to the men are to pursuit on traditional gender roles in terms of family care and household responsibilities. In this context, only a small minority of women attain career advancement while the rest fail to attain their employment based aspirations since they are destined to pay more attention on domestic affairs. This study explores the societal elements which moderate the desires of rural women, while dealing with dissimilar concerns. The study also offers a set of recommendations. The sample consisted of 200 women in a rural setting in both Kurunegala and Monaragala districts with the representation of 100 employed and the balance 100 unemployed. The age limits specified were from 18 to 55 years. Applied data collection process included; questionnaires, focus-group discussions, case studies and observations and a further analysis done via SPSS. One of the findings was that 67% of the sample representing the unemployed category stated that they are satisfied on the decision-making processes prevailing at home settings. In contrast, 40% of the employed category of respondents expressed that they are not happy about the status of decision-making at domestic level. The study disclosed that applying for jobs after G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) examination or while continuing a Degree were supported in the traditional settings. Majority of respondents were un-employed due to several factors such as; disapproval of parents for applying for jobs immediately after A/L exam, influence of loved ones, inadequacy of qualifications to apply for a job or else their involvement in certificate courses. Accordingly, to empower these women in rural setting, the study recommends that a partnership oriented approach which would diagnose sensible problems needs to be initiated. Opportunities in developing careers pathways while protecting their rights in developing career opportunities need to be initiated. Establishment of National Committee for Controlling Gender Based Discrimination (NCCGBD) is identified as a crucial factor with the intention of decreasing all types of discrimination, existing within the society.