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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Recognising housework: Is paying the only way? -Soumya Kapoor Mehta and Sona Mitra

Recognising housework: Is paying the only way? -Soumya Kapoor Mehta and Sona Mitra

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published Published on Feb 6, 2021   modified Modified on Feb 6, 2021

-Hindustan Times

While it is a welcome attempt to provide worth to housework, steps to reduce and redistribute such work are perhaps more important than asking for women’s unpaid work to be monetised, even notionally. They are important to ensure women’s rights and a sense of social justice.

In January, the Supreme Court directed an insurance company to pay a higher claim amount by taking into account the unpaid work performed by a deceased homemaker. This was a welcome step, but the question is: How do we measure women’s unpaid work? Certainly, monetary value can be associated with the domestic and caregiving roles performed by women.

When women put in the time to provide care or perform domestic chores, it takes them away from paid work, restricts their participation in social and political activities, and reduces their leisure time. Additionally, evidence from community-based organisations from around the world suggests that the burden of managing these responsibilities forces women to either take up low-quality jobs in the informal economy because they are part-time and allow them flexibility, or forces them to engage younger adolescents in such work — in India, various estimates suggest that approximately 94% women work in the informal, unorganised sector. Either way, unpaid work performed by women and girls fundamentally alters their life opportunities.

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Hindustan Times, 6 February, 2021, https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/recognising-housework-is-paying-the-only-way-101612532127348.html


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