President says women already have the double burden of paid work and ‘unpaid work’
It’s time for men to share some of the responsibilities of their partners, according to the President. Representational pic
Work from home during the Covid pandemic has its benefits but it has also put working women under a “triple burden”, said President Ram Nath Kovind. In a letter to young Indians published in the Manorama Yearbook 2022, he said women already have the double burden of paid work and “unpaid work”, that is, domestic responsibilities.
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“On top of that, as children attend school from home, their learning has to be supplemented by the parents, and that task usually falls on the mother,” Kovind wrote in the letter, titled “Arise, The Future Beckons”. “The new stress on family time should be welcome for male employees, so that they can share some of the responsibilities of their partners. In any case, studies show that hard work in itself can be even counterproductive and as the number of hours spent on work goes up, productivity comes down in some instances,” he wrote.
The President also said that the pandemic has taught us “exactly those lessons that will come handy for climate action”. The pandemic has been an unprecedented crisis, but it may as well be just a warning of a far bigger crisis that is looming over the horizon.
“Climate change is no longer a matter of scientific research and policy discussions; its impact is already tangible, and we are fast running out of time to keep global warming within feasible limits,” he wrote. The decade of the 2020s, he said, could turn out to be the most decisive point. “The situation is dire and pessimism won’t be out of place, but I remain hopeful.”
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