Capitalism + Patriarchy = Women's Hidden Work

Capitalism + Patriarchy = Women's Hidden Work
EPW Engage , 2013
Level: beginner
Perspective: Feminist Economics
Topic: Criticism of Capitalism, Inequality & Class, Race & Gender
Format: Infographic
Link: https://www.epw.in/engage/article/capitalism-patriarchy-hidden-women-work

The infographic focuses on women's hidden work that goes unrewarded due to the patriarchal setup and how it can be economically analysed. The article on which the infographic is based is written in an Indian context, although the phenomenon isn't confined to a single nation alone.

Comment from our editors:

It is an infographic based on an article titled "The Material and the Symbolic: Intersectionalities of Home-Based Work in India", published in EPW on 5 January 2013 and authored by Saraswati Raju.

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