The Invisible Worker - If I Was Acknowledged and Seen
Women have been working historically. It is the society that has failed to recognize their contributions. They have been contributing on the fields (owned by their fathers and husbands), on construction sites (with kids tied to their backs), selling fish (often fished by their fathers and husbands thereby acting as distributors). They have been knitting and manufacturing woolen clothes and other handicrafts. Image courtesy: livemint.com They have been cooking, sweeping, getting wood for the fire, washing clothes, nursing the sick, bearing kids (thereby giving you legacy), and rearing kids. But when you ask these women about their contribution towards household incomes, they would reply they earn NOTHING. STRANGE! They are oblivious to their own contribution! Rather, they have been conditioned into thinking their contribution doesn’t have any economic value! But haven’t we heard “A penny saved is a penny earned.” Their contribution can be corroborated by the fact that domestic wo...
