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September 20, 2025Indian Journal of Human Development

Paid and Unpaid Care Work: Gender Inequities and Policy Pathways

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BMBalwant Singh MehtaAMAasha Kapur Mehta

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Overview

Analysis highlights unpaid care work disparities and the challenges facing India's paid care workforce, suggesting policy pathways.

Key Points

  • Women engage in over ten times more unpaid care work than men, indicating significant gender disparities.
  • The issue of unpaid care work remains unaccounted for in national statistics, impacting economic assessments like GDP.
  • Most paid care workers in India are women, with a significant portion coming from marginalized social groups.
  • Calls for investments in care infrastructure and better job quality aim to promote gender equality and sustainable development.

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Mehta et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d46aae31b076d99fa676c7https://doi.org/10.1177/09737030251357106
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