(Unpaid) Labor of LoveSpanish Court Orders Man to Pay Ex‑Wife 200,000 Euros for 25 Years of Unpaid Labor The judgement reignited conversations on whether women's domestic labor should be paid -- and who should pay. By Amlan Sarkar
Copping Out of ResponsibilityHow Some People Pretend To Be Unskilled at Certain Tasks To Avoid Doing Them A classic example of "strategic incompetence" is men purposely being terrible at domestic chores. By Devrupa Rakshit
Refocusing“Sir” Joins Small Canon of Films Challenging Bollywood’s Classist, Formulaic Depiction of Domestic Workers Rohena Gera's film pushes the viewer to see a household helper as a human being with the same romantic and sexual desires as everyone else. By Poulomi Das
Chores Have No GenderWoman’s Online Petition Urges PM Modi to Tell Men to Share Housework The petition already has over 70,000 signatures. By Devrupa Rakshit
CoronapocalypseUN Presents Framework For Mitigating Covid19’s Impact On Women UN Women recommends social protection and economic stimulus packages for women and girls. By Devrupa Rakshit
It Starts At HomeUN Report Spotlights Role of Family in Progress Toward Gender Equality The report highlights the trade-offs and contradictions that characterize women's struggle for agency. By Liesl Goecker
Behind Every Woman‘Women’s Work’ Spotlights the Domestic Help Who Make Working Motherhood Possible "I never hear anybody point out the plainest truth that this model for women's emancipation depends, itself, upon a permanent underclass of impoverished women." By Liesl Goecker