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Calculate economic values of household activities by women

Speakers tell discussion

Staff Correspondent
she said while presenting the findings of the research.
The village women have to do more works than the women living in urban areas, she said, adding that the women in rural areas are involved in agricultural activities, cattle and poultry fanning, handicrafts, cooking, water fetching, cleaning the house, taking care of family members and many more.
But their work is not acknowledged by other members of the family and this sometimes leads to violence against them as the male members still think that the women in the house do not work like them and they are burden, the speakers said.
"Whenever we asked the women about their activities during information collection, they said 'nothing actually', but it was found that they were doing all the household works," said Shakila Ruma, research coordinator, adding, it is due to social set up that these women are not aware of their contribution to the national economy.
The speakers stressed the need to increase awareness among the people and the policy makers through highlighting the contribution of household works done by the women to national economy.
They also recommended for
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incorporating the women's household activities into gross domestic product (GDP) considering the budget allocation for women as investment, and taking initiative to increase participation of men in domestic works.
Debra Efroymson, regional director of Health Bridge and adviser of WBB Trust, and Syed Mahbubul Alam, project manager, were also present at the discussion.
Household activities by women should be recognised and its economic values should be calculated to acknowledge their contribution to the national economy, said the speakers at a discussion yesterday.
The discussion was organised by Work for Better Bangladesh (WBB) TYust at its office in the city to share the findings of a study conducted on 740 people in 10 districts of the country.
The study titled 'Women's contribution to national economy' revealed that 81 percent women are directly involved in household activities and only 60 percent men assist them in doing their works.
The study also revealed that a housewife spends 16 to 20 hours a day for household works on an average by engaging herself in 45 types of work.
“If the professionals would have done the works, its monthly economic values could be Tk 10,000 and if we consider the household activities as a whole, it would stand at $ 91 billion a year,” said Naznin Kabir, project officer ofWBB Trust.
“They have no holiday and even no leisure time. Rather they take care of both the children and elderly people of the family whenever they get time to take little rest,”