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Bangladeshi Women Spend 5.9 Hours a Day on Unpaid Care. That Is a Labour-Market Policy Problem
Bangladesh’s Time Use Survey says women spend 5.9 hours daily on unpaid care and household work, compared with 0.8 hours for men. A new Dhaka dialogue is calling for care to be recognised, reduced and redistributed. If Bangladesh wants more women earning, childcare infrastructure is economic infrastructure.
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Bangladesh’s Childcare Shortage Could Become a New Business Opportunity for Women
A proposal for professionally trained home-based childcare providers could address two problems at once: mothers leaving paid work because they cannot find affordable care and women needing viable pathways into entrepreneurship.