http://www.thinkchangeindia.org/2008/05/05/who-represents-india%e2%80%99s-women/ Tracking Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation in India Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thinkchangeindia.org/2008/05/05/who-represents-india%e2%80%99s-women/comment-page-1/#comment-3418 Women’s reservations bill at Blogbharti Wed, 07 May 2008 05:44:14 +0000 http://thinkchangeindia.wordpress.com/?p=532#comment-3418 [...] Premasri asks- who represents Indian women? On average, Indian women work longer hours than men, as their day consists of a more diverse array of tasks relating both to the maintenance of their livelihoods (public sphere) and homes (domestic sphere). In rural India, this could take the form of both working in the fields and performing domestic duties such as cooking, drawing water, cleaning the home, washing clothes, and educating the children. In urban India, this could potentially mean working outside the home while simultaneously performing the aforementioned domestic duties. Unfortunately, in proportion to their input of labour, time, and resources, women are not equally compensated as men. In the case of this article, I won’t speak to financial compensation (which is also unequal), but rather, I will speak to the more intangible aspect of the problem - representation. [...] [...] Premasri asks- who represents Indian women? On average, Indian women work longer hours than men, as their day consists of a more diverse array of tasks relating both to the maintenance of their livelihoods (public sphere) and homes (domestic sphere). In rural India, this could take the form of both working in the fields and performing domestic duties such as cooking, drawing water, cleaning the home, washing clothes, and educating the children. In urban India, this could potentially mean working outside the home while simultaneously performing the aforementioned domestic duties. Unfortunately, in proportion to their input of labour, time, and resources, women are not equally compensated as men. In the case of this article, I won’t speak to financial compensation (which is also unequal), but rather, I will speak to the more intangible aspect of the problem – representation. [...]

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