In a recent case, the Delhi High Court’s observation that the assumption that a non-earning spouse is “idle” reflects a misunderstanding of domestic contribution offers a beacon of hope. This ...

When Namita Eveloy’s children were young in the early 2000s, her husband’s job as a software engineer became the priority. A leadership development consultant, Eveloy started choosing positions that ...

US couples have traditionally divided paid and unpaid labor along gender lines. Married men have traditionally been the primary breadwinners, focusing on paid labor. 1 By contrast, married women have ...

(STACKER) — More American men took time off after the birth of their first child than ever before over the past few years. Women have outpaced men in college degree acquisition rates for decades, and ...

What would happen if women stopped doing unpaid housework for a day? This essay explores hidden economic value of women’s care work.

How much time does your family spend per week doing household labor? Who in your home does most of the housework and why? What is the history of the household technologies we use, and how have they ...

Couples often disagree about who does more housework. Part of that disagreement reflects real differences in behaviour. But part of it is perception: what each person notices, remembers and counts as ...

In a village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a woman receives a small but steady sum each month - not wages, for she has no formal job, but an unconditional cash transfer from the ...

COLUMBIA, SC — A new study adds yet more evidence that the decline in physical activity is contributing to the increase in obesity in the US [1]. This study, however, is bound to cause some ...