Less than 10% Indian men involved in household chores, shows latest survey
4 years, 2 months ago

Less than 10% Indian men involved in household chores, shows latest survey

India Today  

That there's a gendered division of labour in India is something well known - and evident from looking around virtually every household, and to some extent, workplaces. Some 84 per cent of women's working hours are spent on activities they do not get paid for, while for men, the reverse is true - 80 per cent of their work time is spent on activities they get paid for. Spending the majority of their time in employment does reduce the hours available for men to spend on unpaid domestic chores, but the problem goes beyond mere time availability. Just 6.1 per cent men participate in cooking, even if only for a few minutes in a day, but 87 per cent men participate in leisure activities. Just 8 per cent men participate in house cleaning and just 3 per cent in washing clothes.

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Women do 7 hours of housework, men under 3 hours - The Hindu
1 year, 4 months ago

Women do 7 hours of housework, men under 3 hours - The Hindu

The Hindu  

On July 24, the Tamil Nadu government launched camps to facilitate the registration of applicants for the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai Thittam, or women’s basic income scheme. Data shows that married women spend on average over seven hours a day doing such work, regardless of their employment status, while men spend less than three hours. Click to subscribe to our …

Women do more multitasking at home while men do solo chores, study says
1 year, 8 months ago

Women do more multitasking at home while men do solo chores, study says

The Independent  

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A call to action: How Indian men can support working women’s progress
1 year, 8 months ago

A call to action: How Indian men can support working women’s progress

Live Mint  

In a standard economic model, agents maximize utility across goods, services and leisure. My analysis reveals that working women spend significantly less time on leisurely activities than working men and also compared to women who do not spend any time on employment-related activities. The TUS was a national representative sample that measured, in 30-minute intervals from 4am onwards, the time …

There's A Key Difference Between The Chores Men And Women Take On
1 year, 9 months ago

There's A Key Difference Between The Chores Men And Women Take On

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In previous generations, household and child care duties were mainly the domain of women. Research on the division of household labor has found that men are often in charge of tasks they can do on their own schedule, “while women pick up responsibilities that are difficult to put off or reschedule and inherently forfeit their right to …

Why women get fewer jobs and earn lesser wages than men in India
1 year, 9 months ago

Why women get fewer jobs and earn lesser wages than men in India

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 27, 2023 12:39 IST Following the announcement by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in October last year of equal pay for all men and women Team India cricketers, the highest bid received by a cricketer in the inaugural Women’s Premier League is being celebrated as a watershed moment, not just in India but globally. …

Women spend 7.2 hrs on unpaid domestic work compared to 2.8 hrs spent by men: Study
1 year, 10 months ago

Women spend 7.2 hrs on unpaid domestic work compared to 2.8 hrs spent by men: Study

Deccan Chronicle  

Ahmedabad: Women in the working age category of 15 to 60 years spend 7.2 hours on unpaid domestic work compared to 2.8 hours spent by men, indicating they have “time poverty", as per a research conducted by a professor from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Even wage-earning women spend twice the amount of time on unpaid domestic work in …

Women Ask Their Partners If They See Them As Their Equals
2 years, 10 months ago

Women Ask Their Partners If They See Them As Their Equals

The Quint  

Gender disparity is visible in most Indian households even today, especially when it comes to the division of domestic responsibilities. The last two years have highlighted why it is necessary that both men and women pull equal weight and evenly split their household chores. But if you are used to the daily tasks of cooking, cleaning and generally managing the …

The dilemma of celebrating men who cook
3 years, 1 month ago

The dilemma of celebrating men who cook

Live Mint  

With MIT professor Abhijit Banerjee’s book promotions running full steam, lucky food critics get to write about how a Nobel laureate cooked a meal for them. The day after Lounge published a cover story on, and interview with, Banerjee earlier this month, a woman bureaucrat on my Twitter timeline gently pointed out that it was very good that people like …

The dilemma of celebrating men who cook
3 years, 1 month ago

The dilemma of celebrating men who cook

Live Mint  

With MIT professor Abhijit Banerjee’s book promotions running full steam, lucky food critics get to write about how a Nobel laureate cooked a meal for them. The day after Lounge published a cover story on, and interview with, Banerjee earlier this month, a woman bureaucrat on my Twitter timeline gently pointed out that it was very good that people like …

Patralekha Chatterjee | Covid’s impact, WFH has hit India’s women harder
3 years, 5 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Covid’s impact, WFH has hit India’s women harder

Deccan Chronicle  

What does being a homemaker and a mother really mean for the vast majority of Indian women? But millions of women in India, as in many other countries, are still socialised into accepting the notion that it is “natural” for women to be tasked with unpaid domestic work. Every day, women spent nearly five hours in unpaid domestic work; for …

What Will it Take for Indian Men to Pull Their Weight in the Household?
4 years, 2 months ago

What Will it Take for Indian Men to Pull Their Weight in the Household?

News 18  

September 18, 2020 marked the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a true warrior for gender equality, global feminist icon, and only the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. The Time Use Survey 2019 provided statistical confirmation for anyone with even a shred of doubt about this fact On average, Indian women spend about …

India's GDP drag: Why the unfair gender-division in work weighs down the economy
4 years, 2 months ago

India's GDP drag: Why the unfair gender-division in work weighs down the economy

India Today  

About six years ago, Sonu Devi, 31, a farmer from Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district told this reporter what a day in her life was like. Women spent an average of 299 minutes per day on unpaid domestic labour, with men spending 97 minutes. Women spent an average of 134 minutes per day on unpaid caregiving responsibilities for household members, nearly …

Data | 92% Indian women take part in unpaid domestic work; only 27% men do so
4 years, 2 months ago

Data | 92% Indian women take part in unpaid domestic work; only 27% men do so

The Hindu  

More than 90% of Indian women participated in unpaid domestic work at home in 2019 compared to 27% of men. Though subtle regional variations existed, more than 84% of women participated in unpaid domestic work across all States, regardless of men's participation in such work and women's participation in employment and related activities. Click to remove AMP mode State-wise analysis …

'Atmanirbhar Men': Will Covid19 Be the Gender Equalizer When it Comes to Household Chores?
4 years, 4 months ago

'Atmanirbhar Men': Will Covid19 Be the Gender Equalizer When it Comes to Household Chores?

News 18  

"It feels ideal when your spouse shares household chores with you, and that helps you strike a balance between your office and household work to a great extent,” says 32-year-old Meghalina Ray, Manager at IDBI Bank, Chennai. It’s Too Much for Women, and Men Finally Understand With the onset of the pandemic, men have somewhat aced at washing dishes, cooking, …

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