UNB, Dhaka :
Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) on Monday urged the government to recognise the contribution of women’s unpaid work to the economy.
It also called for taking concrete steps to include it in the national GDP estimation for raising their status and image in both family and society. “Non-recognition of women’s unpaid work is devaluing their contribution and resulting in discrimination and violence against them. It is high time to right the wrong and injustice that have continued for decades.
We urge the government to take concrete actions to recognise unpaid reproductive and productive yet unaccounted work of women that include household work and work in agriculture activities,” said MJF Executive Director Shaheen Anam. “Research shows that their workload and time in non-SNA (System of National Account) activities are on average three times more than men,” she said in a statement ahead of the national budget for 2019-20 fiscal year which will be tabled before Parliament on June 13.
Citing the findings of a study titled “Women’s Unaccounted Work and Contribution to the Economy” commissioned by MJF, Shaheen Anam said the estimated value of women’s unpaid non-SNA (household) work, if monetized, would be equivalent to 76.8-87.2 percent of the GDP (FY 2014-2015).
Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) on Monday urged the government to recognise the contribution of women’s unpaid work to the economy.
It also called for taking concrete steps to include it in the national GDP estimation for raising their status and image in both family and society. “Non-recognition of women’s unpaid work is devaluing their contribution and resulting in discrimination and violence against them. It is high time to right the wrong and injustice that have continued for decades.
We urge the government to take concrete actions to recognise unpaid reproductive and productive yet unaccounted work of women that include household work and work in agriculture activities,” said MJF Executive Director Shaheen Anam. “Research shows that their workload and time in non-SNA (System of National Account) activities are on average three times more than men,” she said in a statement ahead of the national budget for 2019-20 fiscal year which will be tabled before Parliament on June 13.
Citing the findings of a study titled “Women’s Unaccounted Work and Contribution to the Economy” commissioned by MJF, Shaheen Anam said the estimated value of women’s unpaid non-SNA (household) work, if monetized, would be equivalent to 76.8-87.2 percent of the GDP (FY 2014-2015).
