At an election rally, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi is speaking about something rarely spoken about by Indian politicians. In academic papers, yes. By feminist economists, also yes. But women’s unpaid care work is not the usual stirring, vote-garnering speech you’d expect from a mainstream politician.
After working outside the house for eight hours, says Gandhi, women put in another eight hours of work inside the house, cooking, caring for kids, ensuring the future of the country. “But no government has ever paid you for your work at home.”
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