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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                       CLASS – VII
                                                           CIVICS
                                   CH-4: GROWING UP AS BOYS AND GIRLS


                                                     LESSON NOTES

               Sub-Topic 2 : VALUING HOUSEWORK,LIVES OF DOMESTIC WORKERS


                                    WOMEN’S WORK AND EQUALITY


               Valuing              -  Many women work in offices and many do only household work.
               Housework            -  Valuing housework is an important element which needs to be
                                        propagated in society.
                                    -  A number of housework actually involves many different tasks.
                                        The work requires strenuous and physically demanding situation.

                                 De-valued:
                                    -  When someone is not given due recognition for a task or job they
                                        have done, they can feel de-valued.
                                    -  For eg: if a boy has put in a lot of effort into making a special
                                        birthday gift for his friend and this friend does not say anything
                                        about this, then the boy may feel de-valued.
               Lives of             -  Many ladies work in workplaces and many do just family work.
               domestic             -  Housework actually involves many different tasks, a number of
               workers                  these tasks require heavy physical work.
               &                        Eg- fetching water, collection of firewood, washing clothes,
               Women’s                  cleaning, sweeping etc.
               work and             -  Various housework really includes a wide range of assignments;
               equality                 the work requires difficult and physically requesting
                                        circumstance.
                                 Double-burden:
                                    -  It means double load.
                                    -  This commonly used to describe the women’s work situation.
                                    -  It has emerged from a recognition that women typically labour
                                        inside the homework and outside
                                 Women’s work and equality
                                    -  While the constitution does not separate amongst male and
                                        female in all actuality, segregation still goes ahead.
                                    -  Because equality is an important principle of our constitution
                                        which says that being male or female should not become a
                                        reason for discrimination.
                                    -  Government has introduced measures like Anganwadis or child
                                        Care centres to improve the status of women in society.
                                    -  The government has also started crèche facilities to help women
                                        to take up employment outside the home.
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