Ep. 132: Women at Work
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Importance of Care Work
Over a third of women in urban India and half in rural areas who engage mainly in housework want to paying job. So if women want jobs, why are they quitting? What's holding them back? My very simple answer is family. The structure of family is such that it imposes a tremendous burden on girls and on expectation from girls. Where does this idea come from? It comes from the family. And then I guess also they don't have a choice. It's almost like the spirit of Bombay that you have to do it. What else can you do? You have to doit.
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