Balancing unpaid care work and paid work: Case studies

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Displaying 1 - 124 of 124
1221 20 301013/P 301013 3 Coping 0 1 1 0 0
1222 32 301016/NP 301016 6 Coping 1 1 0 0 0
1223 35 301019/NP 301019 6 Towards a double boon 0 1 1 1 0
1224 30 301030/P 301030 4 Depleted 0 1 1 0 0
1225 35 301033/P 301033 6 Coping 0 1 1 0 0
1226 24 301034/NP 301034 3 Depleted 0 1 1 0 0
1227 35 301040/P 301040 6 Depleted 0 1 0 0 1
1228 38 301044/P 301044 6 Coping 0 1 1 0 1
1229 35 302005/P 302005 4 Depleted 0 1 1 0 0
1230 25 302006/P 302006 3 Coping 0 1 0 0 0
1231 22 302009/P 302009 1 Coping 0 1 1 0 0
1232 27 302013/P 302013 2 Depleted 0 1 0 0
1233 35 302026/P 302026 4 Coping 1 1 1 0 0
1234 26 302031/NP 302031 3 Towards a double boon 2 1 0 0 0
1235 25 302033/NP 302033 2 Coping 0 1 1 0 0
1236 35 302038/NP 302038 6 Coping 0 1 0 0 0
1237 40 303001/NP 303001 2 Coping 2 1 0 1 0
1238 30 303002/P 303002 3 Depleted 0 1 0 0 1
1239 30 303011/P 303011 1 Coping 2 0 0 0 0
1240 32 303012/P 303012 1 Coping 2 1 0 0 0
1241 32 303017/NP 303017 4 Coping 0 1 0 0 0
1242 20 303028/P 303028 4 Depleted 0 1 0 0 0
1243 33 303041/NP 303041 4 Coping 0 1 0 0 0
1244 39 303047/P 303047 4 Towards a double boon 2 1 0 0 0
1245 25 304002/NP 304002 3 Depleted 0 1 0 0 0
1246 18 304006/NP 304006 2 Depleted 0 1 1 0 0
1247 28 304011/P 304011 2 Depleted 0 1 0 0 0
1248 27 304013/P 304013 3 Coping 0 1 0 0 0
1249 32 304015/NP 304015 5 Depleted 4 1 1 0 1
1250 26 304025/P 304025 2 Towards a double boon 1 1 0 0 0
1251 25 304028/P 304028 3 Coping 0 1 1 0 0
1252 26 304039/P 304039 3 Coping 0 1 1 0 0
1253 40 CS1 Tanzania 133 6 Depleted 1 0 0 0
1254 37 CS2 Tanzania 194 5 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1255 29 CS3 Tanzania 124 6 Depleted 1 0 0 0
1256 32 CS4 Tanzania 198 5 Towards a double boon 1 0 1 0
1257 35 CS5 Tanzania 190 6 Coping 1 0 0 0
1258 28 CS6 Tanzania 189 5 Depleted 1 0 0 0
1259 35 CS7 Tanzania 16 4 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1260 35 CS8 Tanzania 126 5 Depleted 1 0 0 0
1261 38 CS9 Tanzania 158 6 Coping 1 0 1 0
1262 37 CS10 Tanzania 159 5 Depleted 1 0 0 0
1263 30 CS11 Tanzania 111 4 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1264 27 CS12 Tanzania 105 1 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1265 26 CS13 Tanzania 33 1 Coping 1 0 0 0
1266 30 CS14 Tanzania 177 3 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1267 29 CS15 Tanzania 160 3 Towards a double boon 0 0 0 0
1268 47 CS16 Tanzania 89 1 Coping 1 0 0 0
1269 50 CS17 Tanzania 129 3 Towards a double boon 1 0 1 0
1270 34 CS18 Tanzania 121 5 Coping 1 0 0 0
1271 45 CS19 Tanzania 51 4 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1272 38 CS20 Tanzania 3 4 Coping 1 0 0 0
1273 24 CS21 Tanzania 91 3 Coping 1 0 0 0
1274 35 CS22 Tanzania 101 1 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1275 35 CS23 Tanzania 100 6 Depleted 1 0 0 0
1277 39 CS25 Tanzania 75 2 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1278 46 CS26 Tanzania 71 4 Coping 1 0 0 0
1279 54 CS27 Tanzania 69 1 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1280 35 CS28 Tanzania 73 4 Coping 1 0 0 0
1281 25 CS29 Tanzania 30 1 Coping 1 0 0 0
1282 28 CS30 Tanzania 28 2 Coping 1 0 0 0
1284 33 CS32 Tanzania 74 3 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1285 31 CS1 203083 3 Coping 1 0 1 0
1286 21 CS2 201002 1 Towards a double boon 0 0 0 0
1287 42 CS1 201007 4 Depleted 0 0 0 0
1288 36 CS4 201008 6 Coping 1 0 0 0
1289 37 CS3 201009 4 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1290 35 CS6 201041 3 Depleted 1 0 0 0
1291 45 CS5 201032 6 Depleted 0 0 0 0
1292 46 CS13 201044 5 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1293 46 CS8 201053 5 Depleted 1 0 0 0
1294 40 CS10 201091 2 Depleted 0 0 0 0
1295 42 CS7 201070 5 Depleted 1 0 1 0
1296 29 CS9 201072 3 Depleted 0 0 0 0
1297 34 CS14 201086 2 Depleted 0 0 0 0
1298 33 CS11 201095 2 Depleted 0 0 0 0
1299 42 CS3 203095 3 Towards a double boon 1 0 1 0
1300 30 CS4 203084 4 Depleted 0 0 1 0
1301 31 CS6 203132 4 Depleted 0 0 1 0
1302 55 CS12 203028 6 Coping 1 0 0 0
1303 31 CS14 203003 3 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1304 33 CS15 203050 4 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1305 37 CS10 203059 5 Towards a double boon 1 0 0 0
1306 35 CS2 203082 5 Depleted 0 0 1 0
1307 27 CS5 203081 3 Depleted 0 0 1 0
1308 28 CS7 203124 3 Depleted 0 0 1 0
1309 34 CS8 203130 4 Coping 1 0 1 0
1310 28 CS12 201043 2 Depleted 0 0 0 0
1311 27 CS11 203072 3 Coping 0 0 0 0
1312 29 CS16 203112 2 Coping 1 0 1 0
1313 40 CS15 201039 6 Depleted 0 0 0 0
1314 43 CS16 201047 4 Coping 1 0 1 0
1194 24 401041/P 401041 2 Coping 0 1 0 0 0
1217 30 404014P 404014 4 Depleted 0 1 0 0 1
1192 30 401034/P 401034 3 Towards a double boon 0 1 1 0 0
1214 35 403026P 403026 3 Coping 2 0 0 0 0
1206 22 402047/NP 402047 2 Coping 0 1 1 0 0
1201 22 402014/NP 402014 2 Depleted 0 1 1 0 0
1218 47 404023P 404023 5 Depleted 5 1 0 1 0
1193 30 401038/P 401038 3 Coping 0 1 1 0 0
1211 22 403034P 403034 2 Coping 3 1 0 0 0
1124 40 404004P 404004 5 Towards a double boon 0 1 0 0 0
1207 37 403008NP 403008 3 Depleted 0 1 1 0 0
1202 30 402019/P 402019 2 Towards a double boon 0 1 0 1 0
1212 21 404045NP 404045 3 Coping 0 1 0 0 0
1195 27 401042/P 401042 2 Depleted 0 1 1 0 0
1213 31 403042NP 403042 5 Coping 0 1 0 0 0
1196 28 401012/NP 401012 2 Towards a double boon 0 1 0 0 0
1208 30 403009P 403009 3 Coping 3 0 0 0 0
1203 38 402027/P 402027 4 Coping 1 1 0 0 0
1219 33 404048NP 404048 6 Towards a double boon 0 1 0 0 0
1198 19 401048/NP 401048 2 Coping 0 1 1 0 0
1215 35 404003P 404003 6 Depleted 0 1 0 0 0
1191 26 401013/P 401013 3 Depleted 0 1 1 0 0
1209 36 403015P 403015 3 Depleted 0 1 0 0 0
1204 28 402031/P 402031 3 Depleted 0 1 1 0 0
1220 22 404050NP 404050 1 Towards a double boon 1 1 0 0 0
1199 32 402003/P 402003 3 Coping 2 1 1 0 0
1216 35 404010P 404010 4 Coping 1 1 0 1 0
1197 19 401022/NP 401022 1 Depleted 0 1 1 0 0
1210 25 403016NP 403016 1 Towards a double boon 0 1 1 0 0
1205 34 402044/NP 402044 5 Coping 0 1 1 1 0
1340 21 403031/P 403031 2 Coping 0 1 0 0 0
1200 19 402008/P 402008 1 Towards a double boon 0 1 1 0 0

Our project has generated large dataset of Case studies, offering rich, authentic and anonymised summaries of the lives of women across the programme.

Explore their stories and the balances and tensions they face between paid work that empowers them, and the support for their unpaid care work responsibilities. Read more about the case studies

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Umuhoza Agathe (31)

CS14
203003
Lack of childcare facilities under WEE programme makes it difficult to combine paid and unpaid work for Agathe, despite support from her husband
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3
Towards a double boon
Rwanda

Uwase Jacquiline (33)

CS15
203050
Jacquiline’s paid work through a WEE cooperative prevents her from completing her care work
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4
Towards a double boon
Rwanda

Uwimbabazi Odette (37)

CS10
203059
Odette shares childcare responsibilities with her husband
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5
Towards a double boon
Rwanda

Uwizeyimana Grace (35)

CS2
203082
Children of Single mother are overburdened with care tasks
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5
Depleted
Rwanda

Uzayisenga Marceline (27)

CS5
203081
Nine-year-old boy loses out on playing as he replaces his mother Marceline while she earns a livelihood
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3
Depleted
Rwanda

Ingabire Eliza (28)

CS7
203124
Lack of access to water and electricity makes life harder for single mother Eliza
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3
Depleted
Rwanda

Muhoza Esperance (34)

CS8
203130
Esperance and her husband engage in informal paid work with long working hours just to make ends meet
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4
Coping
Rwanda

Tuyisenge Marie Rose (28)

CS12
201043
10-year-old boy has no time to rest while his mother Marie Rose struggles to make ends meet
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2
Depleted
Rwanda

Mwiza Aisha (27)

CS11
203072
Returns from farming through a WEE programme are insufficient for single mother Aisha’s needs
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3
Coping
Rwanda

Uwase Jane (29)

CS16
203112
Supporting elderly parents as well as her children leaves single mother Jane depleted
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2
Coping
Rwanda

Uwera Claudine (40)

CS15
201039
Single parent Claudine can benefit from water and electricity connections by reducing the drudgery of her care tasks
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6
Depleted
Rwanda

Umutoni Mathilde (43)

CS16
201047
Low wages force Mathilde and her husband to work for long hours, leaving them with little time for care work and engagement in community activities
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4
Coping
Rwanda

Mankumari Oli (24)

401041/P
401041
A migrant husband leaves Mankumari juggling care with cooperative work
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2
Coping
Nepal

Radhika BK (30)

404014P
404014
Long hours of poorly paid work force Radhika to push care work onto her daughters
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4
Depleted
Nepal

Sharmila Oli (30)

401034/P
401034
What needs to change: suggestions from Sharmila, seed-selling mother of three
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3
Towards a double boon
Nepal

Heema Raut (35)

403026P
403026
Single mother Heema struggles to balance earning with caring for her three children
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3
Coping
Nepal

Durga BK (22)

402047/NP
402047
Durga struggles to earn and care for her two small children
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2
Coping
Nepal

Bhuma BK (22)

402014/NP
402014
Her husband’s out-migration limits Bhuma’s paid work options
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2
Depleted
Nepal

Gauri BK (47)

404023P
404023
Gender norms affecting Gauri’s capacity to care and to earn
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5
Depleted
Nepal

Sita Karki (30)

401038/P
401038
Entrepreneurial Sita struggles with childcare
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3
Coping
Nepal

Januka BK (22)

403034P
403034
Acute poverty forces 21-year-old Januka into multiple jobs, damaging her health
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2
Coping
Nepal

Ramkala BK (40)

404004P
404004
Redistribution of care and paid work among family members enhancing Ramkala’s paid work options
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5
Towards a double boon
Nepal

Kusum BK (37)

403008NP
403008
Kusum ‘stretches time’ to manage care for three small children and back-breaking labour
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3
Depleted
Nepal

Sarita Kunwar (30)

402019/P
402019
Sarita’s husband encourages her to earn – but offers little help with the domestic chores
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2
Towards a double boon
Nepal

Rupa BK (21)

404045NP
404045
Gender norms means Rupa’s husband will go hungry rather than cook for himself
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3
Coping
Nepal

Lakshmi BK (27)

401042/P
401042
Lakshmi manages alone, and without regular remittances from her alcoholic migrant husband
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2
Depleted
Nepal

Pramila Rokaya (31)

403042NP
403042
A couple struggle together to recover from the loss of their business
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5
Coping
Nepal

Urmila Dhakal (28)

401012/NP
401012
Access to skilled paid work and support from parents is essential to single mother Urmila
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2
Towards a double boon
Nepal

Kabita BK (30)

403009P
403009
Gender norms restrict widow Kabita’s work options, making everyday life harder
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3
Coping
Nepal

Jayanti BK (38)

402027/P
402027
Decent paid work would help Jayanti balance the demands on her time
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4
Coping
Nepal

Sumitra Khatri (33)

404048NP
404048
Caste norms restrict Sumitra’s earning options and prevent her daughters from helping her with household work
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6
Towards a double boon
Nepal

Asha Khatri (19)

401048/NP
401048
Teenaged mother of two struggles to earn and care with little help
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2
Coping
Nepal

Menuka Dhital (35)

404003P
404003
Menuka does back-breaking labour – carrying her infant son on her back
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6
Depleted
Nepal

Gita BK (26)

401013/P
401013
Gita struggles to care for a congenitally ill child with a migrant husband
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3
Depleted
Nepal

Kamla Giri (36)

403015P
403015
Parents’ ill health puts children’s education at risk
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3
Depleted
Nepal

Malati BK (28)

402031/P
402031
Malati’s job leaves no time for childcare
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3
Depleted
Nepal

Pushpa Khatri (22)

404050NP
404050
Pushpa’s Herculean effort: balancing care work, paid work and studies
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1
Towards a double boon
Nepal

Rukmini KC (32)

402003/P
402003
Rukmini balances childcare and paid work since her husband migrated to Malaysia
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3
Coping
Nepal

Rimkala BK (35)

404010P
404010
Struggling to do it all as the head of household and primary carer
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4
Coping
Nepal

Jamuna BK (19)

401022/NP
401022
Jamuna feels overwhelmed with paid and unpaid work responsibilities
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1
Depleted
Nepal

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