In comparison, in India women spend 5.1 hours a day and men spend only 24 minutes for care work. Why unpaid care work needs recognitionCenter for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Senior Research Fellow Towfiqul Islam Khan, who has been working on recognition of unpaid care work, explained why this was necessary. However, if we estimate the unpaid care work is equivalent to 78-87% of the GDP,” said Towfiqul. Referring to the International Labour Organization’s report on care work, care economy expert Professor Vibhuti Patel of the Indian Tata Institute of Social Sciences said that women spend 4.1 times more time in the Asia-Pacific in unpaid care work than men. “Our mindset needs to change first, otherwise recognizing the care work will not be able to ensure equality, respect or financial freedom.”How unpaid care work can be recognizedCenter for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Senior Research Fellow Towfiqul Islam Khan suggested some methods for estimating unpaid work in the country’s GDP.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 30, 2019 17:26 UTC