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Fair Share for Health and Care Report

March 31 , 2024 238 days 431 0
  • The World Health Organization recently released the report titled ‘Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work’.
  • Women comprise 67 per cent of the global health and social care workforce.
  • In addition to this paid work, it has been estimated that women perform an estimated 76% of all unpaid care activities.
  • Globally, on average, 90 per cent of women’s earnings were directed towards their families’ well-being, compared to only 30–40 per cent of men’s.
  • In India, women spent around 73 per cent of their total daily working time on unpaid work.
  • But men spent around only 11 per cent of their daily working time on unpaid work.

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