{"id":75490,"date":"2021-01-05T20:12:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=75490"},"modified":"2021-01-25T11:24:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T05:54:19","slug":"should-there-be-wages-for-housework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/should-there-be-wages-for-housework\/","title":{"rendered":"Should There Be Wages for Housework?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Synopsis-<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MNM led by Kamal Haasan promised to recognize <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">HouseWorks<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Efforts by historical movement\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to provide wages for<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">HouseWorks<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0highlighted many challenges in doing that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Background-<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Makkal<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Needhi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Maiam<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0MNM<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, led by its founder Kamal\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Haasan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">promised<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">omemakers<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0will get their due recognition through payment for their\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">house<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">w<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ork<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which hitherto has bee<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n unrecognized and unmonitored.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">International\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Labour<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Organization<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">women perform\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">76.2 per cent of total hours of unpaid care work,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0more than three times as much as men.\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0This figure rises to 80%<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n Asia and the Pacific.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The debate around\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wages<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for housework remained unresolved within the women\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">campaign- \u2018<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wages for housework movement<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is wages for housework movement?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The International Wages for Housework Campaign\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">started in Italy in 1972<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as a\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">feminist movement<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0that highlighted the<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0role of gendered\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">labour<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in the home<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and its connection to the production of surplus value under capitalism.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fThe movement further spread to Britain and America.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Though women\u2019s work helps men to be productive, this contribution is largely unnoticed. It is extremely difficult to quantify how much women contribute to the economy with their unsung work but it would run into the billions or beyond.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were the hurdles faced in demand of<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wages for housework<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f\u2018<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">W<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ages for housework\u2019 would only imprison women<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0further within the household<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0as-<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Paid housework would reinforce gendered division of roles, keeping women in their traditional role of wife and mother.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A salary would iso<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">late women from the community and prevent men from sharing housework.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A salary would legitimize their oppression.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thus, the idea behind women\u2019s movement should be made them free from daily domestic chores and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">allow them to participate in social sphere and further including paid employment outside the household.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What are the issues that need\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to re<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">solve<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0before providing wages for\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">housework?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Though MNM has made a promise, but there are\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">few important<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0question<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s or challenges<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that need to answered to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">make it look feasible;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Once salaried, housework would be controlled in terms of number of hours, quality of work, and so on.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0W<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ho would exercise this control a<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nd under what terms?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Would it\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">include women only<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, who are full-time homemakers?<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What about women workers who earn an income from home by\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">stitching clothes, selling cooked meals or are engaged in petty trade<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and identified a \u2018Housewives\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">?\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These issues cannot solve easily. Therefore, the idea of a\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Universal Basic I<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ncome\u202f(UBI)<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0an unconditional\u202fcash\u202fpayment to low income households\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and should be transfer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">directly to women.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Way forward-<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">W<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">omen constitute almost half the population and their needs and issues have to be addressed.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Paid domestic works<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0are done predominantly by women in other\u2019s houses. Thus, a\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">National legislation for domestic workers<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0containing guarantees foe minimum wages, and the workers\u2019 status and rights\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">should be enacted<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0demand of women domestic workers in\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tamilnadu<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0address\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the issue of value of housework in their demands\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">i.e.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0an hourly minimum wage, a weekly day-off, an annual bonus.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thus, all political parties must\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">seriously consider their demands<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as will be\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">helpful in asserting the dignity of housework\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and making it a visible and valued form of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">labour<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis-\u00a0MNM led by Kamal Haasan promised to recognize HouseWorks.\u00a0Efforts by historical movement\u00a0to provide wages for\u00a0HouseWorks,\u00a0highlighted many challenges in doing that.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Background-\u00a0 Makkal\u00a0Needhi\u00a0Maiam\u00a0MNM, led by its founder Kamal\u00a0Haasan\u00a0has\u00a0promised\u00a0that\u00a0homemakers\u2019\u00a0will get their due recognition through payment for their\u00a0house\u00a0works\u00a0which hitherto has been unrecognized and unmonitored.\u00a0\u00a0 According to\u00a0International\u00a0Labour\u00a0Organization,\u00a0women perform\u00a076.2 per cent of total hours of unpaid care work,\u00a0more than three&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/should-there-be-wages-for-housework\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Should There Be Wages for Housework?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":75554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1351,1310,9],"tags":[1303,1396,1570],"class_list":["post-75490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-public","tag-eco_8","tag-soc_5","tag-wages_for_housework","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Should-There-Be-Wages-for-Housework.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704834140},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}