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Unpaid labour/ household work

2017: India and other countries

Indian women do most household work, while men do very little, November 1, 2018: The Times of India

India and other countries- the disparity between men and women spending time on household chores, presumably as in 2017
From: Indian women do most household work, while men do very little, November 1, 2018: The Times of India

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India and other countries- the disparity between men and women spending time on household chores, presumably as in 2017

Indian women spend nearly six hours a day on household chores, apart from paid work, while men put in less than an hour on the unpaid labour. This work includes cooking, cleaning, taking care of children, and other activities that require a household to function. Most of such work is disproportionately shouldered by women across the globe. In Canada, though, the disparity between men and women spending time on household chores is the least. Here's a look:

Rights

… in India and the world: 2018

Women’s rights in India and the world: 2018
From: March 16, 2019: The Times of India

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Women’s rights in India and the world: 2018

Global Gender Gap Report/ World Economic Forum

2021

April 1, 2021: The Times of India

India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021, becoming the third-worst performer in South Asia.

According to the report, India has closed 62.5% of its gender gap till date. The country had ranked 112th among 153 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2020.

Noting that the decline also took place on the economic participation and opportunity subindex, albeit to a lesser extent, the report said India’s gender gap on this dimension widened by 3% this year, leading to a 32.6% gap closed till date.

Most of the decline occurred on the political empowerment subindex, where India regressed 13.5 percentage points, with a significant decline in the number of women ministers (from 23.1% in 2019 to 9.1% in 2021).

“Among the drivers of this decline is a decrease in women’s labour force participation rate, which fell from 24.8% to 22.3%. In addition, the share of women in professional and technical roles declined further to 29.2%. The share of women in senior and managerial positions also remains low: only 14.6% of these positions are held by women and there are only 8.9% firms with female top managers,” the report said.

Further, the estimated earned income of women in India is only one-fifth of men’s, which puts the country among the bottom 10 globally on this indicator, it said.

Discrimination against women is also reflected in the health and survival subindex statistics. With 93.7% of this gap closed to date, India ranks among the bottom five countries in this subindex.

Wide gaps in sex ratio at birth are due to the high incidence of gender-based sex-selective practices. In addition, more than one in four women has faced intimate violence in her lifetime, the report said.

“Conversely, 96.2% of the educational attainment subindex gender gap has been closed, with parity achieved in primary, secondary and tertiary education. Yet, gender gaps persist in terms of literacy: one third of women are illiterate (34.2%) compared to 17.6% of men,” it added.

Among regions, South Asia is the second-lowest performer on the index, with 62.3% of its overall gender gap closed. In South Asia, only Pakistan and Afghanistan ranked below India. The report stated that India, home to 0.65 billion women, has widened its gender gap from almost 66.8% one year ago to 62.5% this year. PTI