housework

Australian women continue to take on a disproportionate burden of unpaid domestic work compared to men — especially the care of others.

Many people assume labour is evenly split in same-gender couples. Our study revealed that’s not always necessarily the case.

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Sarah Agboola started mtime, a company that matches busy parents with in-home family assistants. The WALA winner speaks to Women’s Agenda.

In his 1972 novel The Stepford Wives, Ira Levin powerfully dramatised women’s suburban alienation and men’s resistance to feminist change. Michelle Arrow traces its enduring influence.

We must redress the challenges of unpaid housework and the mental load on women’s physical, mental and economic health and well-being.

If you’re responsible for the majority of the housework, what if an injury or something else suddenly prevent you from doing it?

The Bureau of Statistics survey on the household impacts of Covid-19 show women do more unpaid work in the home.

There’s barely been a blip in the number of mothers “typically” caring for children at home, despite a massive increase in the rate of both mothers and fathers working from home.

Now that so many Australians are working from home together, can we establish a new paradigm for families to divide up tasks in a more equitable way?

Female breadwinners are likely to earn much less than male breadwinners and continue to be burdened with more housework and childcare than men.

Married women spend 2.95 hours a day on housework, compared to 2.41 hours for unmarried women, according to a study of 20,000 mothers.