Kumar, Yatish and Sardar,Minakshi  <br/><br/>
Shifting narratives and the burden of unpaid work among women in India 

 - Social Action: A quarterly Review of Social Trends  
 - 75(1), Jan-Mar, 2025: p.1-14 
<br/><br/> <br/>This paper examines the shifting narratives of unpaid care work (UCW)<br/>in India, especially among women. Indian society is still gripped by the<br/>patriarchal framework, a deeply entrenched system that significantly<br/>influences power dynamics within residential premises or outside. This<br/>paper utilizes the data from various rounds of the Periodic Labour Force<br/>Survey (PLFS) between the period of 2019-20 to 2021-22 and India<br/>Employment Report 2024: Youth employment, education and skills. Results<br/>from empirical analysis indicate that in India, females have a higher<br/>participation level in domestic work irrespective of their employment<br/>status or rural-urban divide. Unpaid care work socio-culturally linked to<br/>women’s identity limits their value as productive individuals. The study<br/>emphasizes the urgent need for institutional recognition and the social<br/>acknowledgement of their valuable contribution to reducing deep-rooted<br/>gender-based inequalities in different spheres- Reproduced<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Employment, Domestic, Gender, Power-structure and Unpaid care work