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Displaying 1 - 40 of 40
1221
20
301013/P
301013
3
Coping
0
1
1
0
0
1222
32
301016/NP
301016
6
Coping
1
1
0
0
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
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
1233
35
302026/P
302026
4
Coping
1
1
1
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
1267
29
CS15 Tanzania
160
3
Towards a double boon
0
0
0
0
1274
35
CS22 Tanzania
101
1
Towards a double boon
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
1284
33
CS32 Tanzania
74
3
Towards a double boon
1
0
0
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
1291
45
CS5
201032
6
Depleted
0
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
1298
33
CS11
201095
2
Depleted
0
0
0
0
1217
30
404014P
404014
4
Depleted
0
1
0
0
1
1214
35
403026P
403026
3
Coping
2
0
0
0
0
1218
47
404023P
404023
5
Depleted
5
1
0
1
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
1208
30
403009P
403009
3
Coping
3
0
0
0
0
1215
35
404003P
404003
6
Depleted
0
1
0
0
0
1209
36
403015P
403015
3
Depleted
0
1
0
0
0
1216
35
404010P
404010
4
Coping
1
1
0
1
0
1340
21
403031/P
403031
2
Coping
0
1
0
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
Displaying 1 - 40 of 40
Maya Daabi (20)
301013/P
301013
Maya struggles to take care of her child while working on government employment guarantee programme
3
Coping
India
Sarita Pargi (32)
301016/NP
301016
Poverty, alcoholism and absence of public services exacerbates the double burden that Sarita and her children have to bear
6
Coping
India
Seema Pargi (30)
301030/P
301030
Young boy pulled out of school to help his mother Seema with care tasks in mainly male family
4
Depleted
India
Teesta Daabi (35)
301033/P
301033
Teesta and her teenage daughters walk long distances to fetch water after long and arduous days on construction sites
6
Coping
India
Divya Pargi (35)
301040/P
301040
Husband helps with care tasks, but with lack of essential public services, Divya’s family struggles to survive.
6
Depleted
India
Devibai Daabi (38)
301044/P
301044
Devibai passes on care work burden to her 11 year old daughter when working on government employment scheme
6
Coping
India
Manasa Hindor (35)
302005/P
302005
Manasa faces triple burden owing to no payment for employment guarantee scheme work
4
Depleted
India
Gauri Mina (25)
302006/P
302006
Gauri prefers to leave children home than be ‘kept in a pit’ at MGNREGA worksites
3
Coping
India
Suneetha G (22)
302009/P
302009
Dam construction wrecks havoc on Suneetha’s time
1
Coping
India
302026/P
302026
Collection of water is an uphill task for Sangeetha and her children
4
Coping
India
Mama Francin (38)
CS9 Tanzania
158
6
Coping
Tanzania
Mama Barbra (37)
CS10 Tanzania
159
Caring for her big family cuts into Mama Barbra’s profits
5
Depleted
Tanzania
Mama Judith (30)
CS11 Tanzania
111
Judith manages caring and farming with the help of her younger sister
4
Towards a double boon
Tanzania
Mama Carol (29)
CS15 Tanzania
160
Carol on her all-female family and her triple burden of care, income, and community
3
Towards a double boon
Tanzania
Mama Miriam (35)
CS22 Tanzania
101
Miriam’s new income reduces the drudgery of her care responsibilities
1
Towards a double boon
Tanzania
Mama Robina (39)
CS25 Tanzania
75
Baba Robin values his wife’s earning and care work
2
Towards a double boon
Tanzania
Mama Alexandria (46)
CS26 Tanzania
71
Alexandria combines farming, wage labour and working in a kiosk with caring for her family of 6
4
Coping
Tanzania
Mama Sharlene (54)
CS27 Tanzania
69
Sharlene contributes to her family and to her community
1
Towards a double boon
Tanzania
Mama Marvin (35)
CS28 Tanzania
73
Marvin’s multiple roles and responsibilities
4
Coping
Tanzania
Mama Michel (33)
CS32 Tanzania
74
Michel’s earnings and community help ease the challenge of unpaid care tasks
3
Towards a double boon
Tanzania
Umutoni Liliose (21)
CS2
201002
Extended family helps single mother Liliose, who struggles to undertake VUP work without childcare facilities
1
Towards a double boon
Rwanda
Kanyana Rose (42)
CS1
201007
Rose’s chronic illness results in her 16-year-old daughter missing out on education as she takes on both paid and care work from her mother
4
Depleted
Rwanda
Niwemahoro Helen (36)
CS4
201008
Long distances to VUP worksites and irregular payments provides little support to Helen as she struggles to undertake both paid work and unpaid care work
6
Coping
Rwanda
Mukagasana Marie (37)
CS3
201009
Regular help from her husband in undertaking care work relieves Marie of some of the drudgery she faces
4
Towards a double boon
Rwanda
Mukamwezi Josepha (45)
CS5
201032
Poverty and needing to support six children as a single parent pushes Josepha to look for informal jobs than work in better-paid VUP
6
Depleted
Rwanda
Byukusenge Jennine (46)
CS8
201053
Jennine struggles to complete her care work because of long distances and fixed working hours under the VUP
5
Depleted
Rwanda
Hirwa Yvette (40)
CS10
201091
Lack of water facilities in the village exacerbates the work that Yvette does, leaving her with no choice but to rely on her young daughters to help her complete all her household activities
2
Depleted
Rwanda
Ineza Alice (42)
CS7
201070
Alice struggles to support her aged husband and children while working in the VUP programme and undertaking all care activities
5
Depleted
Rwanda
Kirabo Agnes (29)
CS9
201072
Agnes’s young children support her in her domestic tasks while she works long hours under the VUP to make ends meet
3
Depleted
Rwanda
Mukamanzi Grace (33)
CS11
201095
Grace leaves abusive husband for a safer life for her children but struggles to provide for them through VUP participation
2
Depleted
Rwanda
Radhika BK (30)
404014P
404014
Long hours of poorly paid work force Radhika to push care work onto her daughters
4
Depleted
Nepal
Heema Raut (35)
403026P
403026
Single mother Heema struggles to balance earning with caring for her three children
3
Coping
Nepal
Ramkala BK (40)
404004P
404004
Redistribution of care and paid work among family members enhancing Ramkala’s paid work options
5
Towards a double boon
Nepal
Menuka Dhital (35)
404003P
404003
Menuka does back-breaking labour – carrying her infant son on her back
6
Depleted
Nepal
Kamla Giri (36)
403015P
403015
Parents’ ill health puts children’s education at risk
3
Depleted
Nepal
Rimkala BK (35)
404010P
404010
Struggling to do it all as the head of household and primary carer
4
Coping
Nepal
