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*KYRGYZSTAN - "Staying Home"
"Where do you work?
I am a farmer.
Do you have kids?
Thanks God.
Does your wife work?
No, she stays home.
So, how does she spend her day?
Well, she gets up at four in the morning,
brings water and wood, makes the fire,
prepares breakfast, and cleans the yard.
Then, she goes to the river to do laundry.
Then, she takes the two younger kids to trade
at the roadside. Then she buys
groceries and makes the dinner.
She helps weed and water the vegetable
garden.
What do you do while she is
working?
I go to the village to talk about business
and have a drink with my friends.
Then, I go home to have supper that my wife
made.
Does she go to bed after supper?
No, I go to bed, but she continues working,
until 9-10 p.m.
But, I think you said your wife didn't
work?
Of course, she doesn't. I told you, she stays
home."
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ARMENIA
Women Spend 5 X More Time On Housekeeping Than
Men
In Armenia, until recently, women's housekeeping
labor was not evaluated in a quantitative sense and was not reflected in the
national statistics. Under the support of the Swedish Development Agency, the
Armenian National Statistics Service researched the structure of time
distribution. However, the approximate estimations of women's labor are far from
real, but the problem seems to be better understood. The research demonstrated
detailed time schedules used by women and men for their paid and non-paid
(housekeeping) duties.
It turned out that the average woman in Armenia
spends about five times as much time on housekeeping than men.
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Paid activity does not free women from housekeeping
duties as much as it frees men.....
The researchers do not only demonstrate the problem
of women's labor estimation, but also highlight the necessity to undertake
special measures at the state management level. In particular, the experts
state, it is necessary to consider the difference when planning provision of
pensions for women of Armenia."
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