2022
DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12268
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Unpaid care work among women in South Asia: A systematic review

Abstract: The specific aims of this systematic review are to (1) understand the prevalence and context for women's unpaid care work in South Asia, (2) explore factors that affect the prevalence of unpaid care work, and (3) identify gaps in the extant research on unpaid care work that influence women's lives. Using the Cochrane Handbook and PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews, we searched 18 databases and identified 13 research studies. Drawing on the devaluation framework, we found three main recurring themes in th… Show more

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“…In addition to the expanding body of research concerning gender disparities in women's economic empowerment indicators (Chatterjee et al, 2018;Klasen & Pieters, 2013;Daymard, 2015), a recent series of studies has delved into the issue of gender discrimination in unpaid labor through the analysis of recent time-use surveys (TUS) conducted in India (Janiso et al, 2021;Tripathi et al, 2022, Tripathi et al, 2023. Nevertheless, none of these studies have considered the influence of education-a pivotal economic empowerment indicator-in mitigating the gender disparity observed in UCW.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In addition to the expanding body of research concerning gender disparities in women's economic empowerment indicators (Chatterjee et al, 2018;Klasen & Pieters, 2013;Daymard, 2015), a recent series of studies has delved into the issue of gender discrimination in unpaid labor through the analysis of recent time-use surveys (TUS) conducted in India (Janiso et al, 2021;Tripathi et al, 2022, Tripathi et al, 2023. Nevertheless, none of these studies have considered the influence of education-a pivotal economic empowerment indicator-in mitigating the gender disparity observed in UCW.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Yet, while it is productive for women to be taking on the burden of caregiving and household responsibilities in the home, much less value and importance have been placed on unpaid work in the home compared to paid work in the public sphere (Pratt & Hanson, 1991;Tripathi et al, 2022). The notion of paid work as being valuable and productive was not lost on these stay-at-home mums who held an active part-time job or had a part-time job at some point in their time as a stay-at-home mum.…”
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confidence: 99%