From Double Burden of Women to a “Double Boon”: Balancing UnpaidCare Work and Paid Work
By fabi
The policy brief highlights the double burden faced by women in India due to unpaid care work and poorly paid employment. It stresses the transition to a “double boon,” where women’s economic empowerment programs improve their work conditions and address unpaid care responsibilities. The brief advocates for care-sensitive policies, access to essential resources, and decent work opportunities. It calls for a societal shift to recognize, reduce, and redistribute unpaid care work, urging parliamentarians to support these changes through gender-responsive policies and infrastructure improvements.
Sudeshna Sengupta, Shubhika Sachdeva, Shraddha Chigateri, Mubashira Zaidi, and Deepta Chopra (2017). “From Double Burden of Women to a “Double Boon”: Balancing Unpaid Care Work and Paid Work.” Institute of Development Studies, UK.
