While much of this podcast has focused on issues in the digital gig economy faced by informal workers, in this episode, I ask why household chores are considered as "women's work" and why this work is devalued.

Experts

Usha Raman, University of Hyderabad/FemLab

Anila Backer, University of Hyderabad

Show Notes

0.53. Challenging capitalist patriarchy and negotiating for women worker rights: Exploring the “right to sit” movement in Kerala, by Anila Backer: https://bit.ly/3JhOn3s

0.55. Feminist Futures of Work: Reimagining Labour in the Digital Economy, edited by Payal Arora, Usha Raman, René König: https://bit.ly/3TRmswi

6.23. The gender wars of household chores: A feminist comic: https://bit.ly/3TRQIqV

17.19. Agency and servitude in platform labour: A feminist analysis of blended cultures, by Sai Amulya Komarraju, Payal Arora, Usha Raman: https://bit.ly/3VVeepl

21.05. ILO: Women do 4 times more unpaid care work than men in Asia and the Pacific: https://bit.ly/3xuRIJX

Check out our open access book: Feminist Futures of Work: Reimagining Labour in the Digital Economy, edited by Payal Arora, Usha Raman, René König: https://bit.ly/3TRmswi

Know more about our IDRC-funded initiative: https://femlab.co/

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