Women in agriculture work for longer hours than those not into agriculture

Work participation of women is governed by social norms, which places on them an unfair burden of unpaid work, thereby reducing the opportunity to participate in gainful employment; acquiring new skills; or indulge in leisure, socialization, or recreational activities. The discourse on women’s emanc...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Anil, Sarkar, Ananta
Formato: Ponencia
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Indian Council of Agricultural Research 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137067
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description Work participation of women is governed by social norms, which places on them an unfair burden of unpaid work, thereby reducing the opportunity to participate in gainful employment; acquiring new skills; or indulge in leisure, socialization, or recreational activities. The discourse on women’s emancipation also needs to look into the underlying intersectionality like social groups, economic status, religion, etc. Within this ambit, it is also necessary to know how those women who practice agriculture differ from those who do not. Using the unit-level data of the first time-use study held in 2019 in India involving 137,730 males and 134,319 females in rural areas, we report the daily work pattern of men and women practicing agriculture contrasted with those who do not. We found that women practicing agriculture work for 622 minutes per day as opposed to 515 minutes for those who do not.
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spelling CGSpace1370672024-01-05T02:07:11Z Women in agriculture work for longer hours than those not into agriculture Kumar, Anil Sarkar, Ananta gender agriculture research gender relations Work participation of women is governed by social norms, which places on them an unfair burden of unpaid work, thereby reducing the opportunity to participate in gainful employment; acquiring new skills; or indulge in leisure, socialization, or recreational activities. The discourse on women’s emancipation also needs to look into the underlying intersectionality like social groups, economic status, religion, etc. Within this ambit, it is also necessary to know how those women who practice agriculture differ from those who do not. Using the unit-level data of the first time-use study held in 2019 in India involving 137,730 males and 134,319 females in rural areas, we report the daily work pattern of men and women practicing agriculture contrasted with those who do not. We found that women practicing agriculture work for 622 minutes per day as opposed to 515 minutes for those who do not. 2023-10-12 2024-01-04T12:47:10Z 2024-01-04T12:47:10Z Presentation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137067 en Open Access application/pdf Indian Council of Agricultural Research Kumar, Anil; Sarkar, Ananta. 2023. Women in agriculture work for longer hours than those not into agriculture. Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. Indian Council of Agricultural Research
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Women in agriculture work for longer hours than those not into agriculture
title Women in agriculture work for longer hours than those not into agriculture
title_full Women in agriculture work for longer hours than those not into agriculture
title_fullStr Women in agriculture work for longer hours than those not into agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Women in agriculture work for longer hours than those not into agriculture
title_short Women in agriculture work for longer hours than those not into agriculture
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