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Summary
1191
26
401013/P
401013
3
Depleted
0
1
1
0
1192
30
401034/P
401034
3
Towards a double boon
0
1
1
0
1193
30
401038/P
401038
3
Coping
0
1
1
0
1194
24
401041/P
401041
2
Coping
0
1
0
0
1195
27
401042/P
401042
2
Depleted
0
1
1
0
1198
19
401048/NP
401048
2
Coping
0
1
1
0
1199
32
402003/P
402003
3
Coping
2
1
1
0
1201
22
402014/NP
402014
2
Depleted
0
1
1
0
1203
38
402027/P
402027
4
Coping
1
1
0
0
1206
22
402047/NP
402047
2
Coping
0
1
1
0
1207
37
403008NP
403008
3
Depleted
0
1
1
0
1208
30
403009P
403009
3
Coping
3
0
0
0
1209
36
403015P
403015
3
Depleted
0
1
0
0
1212
21
404045NP
404045
3
Coping
0
1
0
0
1213
31
403042NP
403042
5
Coping
0
1
0
0
1214
35
403026P
403026
3
Coping
2
0
0
0
1215
35
404003P
404003
6
Depleted
0
1
0
0
1216
35
404010P
404010
4
Coping
1
1
0
1
1217
30
404014P
404014
4
Depleted
0
1
0
0
1219
33
404048NP
404048
6
Towards a double boon
0
1
0
0
1221
20
301013/P
301013
3
Coping
0
1
1
0
1222
32
301016/NP
301016
6
Coping
1
1
0
0
1224
30
301030/P
301030
4
Depleted
0
1
1
0
1225
35
301033/P
301033
6
Coping
0
1
1
0
1226
24
301034/NP
301034
3
Depleted
0
1
1
0
1229
35
302005/P
302005
4
Depleted
0
1
1
0
1231
22
302009/P
302009
1
Coping
0
1
1
0
1232
27
302013/P
302013
2
Depleted
0
1
0
1233
35
302026/P
302026
4
Coping
1
1
1
0
1236
35
302038/NP
302038
6
Coping
0
1
0
0
1240
32
303012/P
303012
1
Coping
2
1
0
0
1241
32
303017/NP
303017
4
Coping
0
1
0
0
1243
33
303041/NP
303041
4
Coping
0
1
0
0
1244
39
303047/P
303047
4
Towards a double boon
2
1
0
0
1249
32
304015/NP
304015
5
Depleted
4
1
1
0
1250
26
304025/P
304025
2
Towards a double boon
1
1
0
0
1255
29
CS3 Tanzania
123
6
Depleted
1
0
0
1274
35
CS22 Tanzania
101
1
Towards a double boon
1
0
0
1280
35
CS28 Tanzania
72
4
Coping
1
0
0
1266
30
CS14 Tanzania
176
3
Towards a double boon
1
0
0
1260
35
CS8 Tanzania
125
5
Depleted
1
0
0
1278
46
CS26 Tanzania
70
4
Coping
1
0
0
1262
37
CS10 Tanzania
158
5
Depleted
1
0
0
1267
29
CS15 Tanzania
159
3
Towards a double boon
0
0
0
1275
35
CS23 Tanzania
99
6
Depleted
1
0
0
1270
34
CS18 Tanzania
120
5
Coping
1
0
0
1257
35
CS5 Tanzania
189
6
Coping
1
0
0
1281
25
CS29 Tanzania
29
1
Coping
1
0
0
1253
40
CS1 Tanzania
132
6
Depleted
1
0
0
1272
38
CS20 Tanzania
3
4
Coping
1
0
0
1273
24
CS21 Tanzania
90
3
Coping
1
0
0
1265
26
CS13 Tanzania
32
1
Coping
1
0
0
1284
33
CS32 Tanzania
73
3
Towards a double boon
1
0
0
1282
28
CS30 Tanzania
27
2
Coping
1
0
0
1259
35
CS7 Tanzania
16
4
Towards a double boon
1
0
0
1277
39
CS25 Tanzania
74
2
Towards a double boon
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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Sharmila Oli (30)
401034/P
401034
What needs to change: suggestions from Sharmila, seed-selling mother of three
3
Towards a double boon
Nepal
Sita Karki (30)
401038/P
401038
Entrepreneurial Sita struggles with childcare
3
Coping
Nepal
Mankumari Oli (24)
401041/P
401041
A migrant husband leaves Mankumari juggling care with cooperative work
2
Coping
Nepal
Lakshmi BK (27)
401042/P
401042
Lakshmi manages alone, and without regular remittances from her alcoholic migrant husband
2
Depleted
Nepal
Asha Khatri (19)
401048/NP
401048
Teenaged mother of two struggles to earn and care with little help
2
Coping
Nepal
Rukmini KC (32)
402003/P
402003
Rukmini balances childcare and paid work since her husband migrated to Malaysia
3
Coping
Nepal
Jayanti BK (38)
402027/P
402027
Decent paid work would help Jayanti balance the demands on her time
4
Coping
Nepal
Kamla Giri (36)
403015P
403015
Parents’ ill health puts children’s education at risk
3
Depleted
Nepal
Pramila Rokaya (31)
403042NP
403042
A couple struggle together to recover from the loss of their business
5
Coping
Nepal
Heema Raut (35)
403026P
403026
Single mother Heema struggles to balance earning with caring for her three children
3
Coping
Nepal
Menuka Dhital (35)
404003P
404003
Menuka does back-breaking labour – carrying her infant son on her back
6
Depleted
Nepal
Rimkala BK (35)
404010P
404010
Struggling to do it all as the head of household and primary carer
4
Coping
Nepal
Radhika BK (30)
404014P
404014
Long hours of poorly paid work force Radhika to push care work onto her daughters
4
Depleted
Nepal
Sumitra Khatri (33)
404048NP
404048
Caste norms restrict Sumitra’s earning options and prevent her daughters from helping her with household work
6
Towards a double boon
Nepal
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
Manasa Hindor (35)
302005/P
302005
Manasa faces triple burden owing to no payment for employment guarantee scheme work
4
Depleted
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
Durga Naikda (35)
302038/NP
302038
Gendered and cultural norms restrict woman’s paid work mobility
6
Coping
India
Shashikala Sailesh (32)
303012/P
303012
12th grade educated Shashikala faces discrimination at paid work while coping with household tensions
1
Coping
India
Sumita Sharma (32)
303017/NP
303017
Sumita’s young children help their mother roll incense sticks in the absence of decent work opportunities and limited child care options
4
Coping
India
Roshni Mimroth (33)
303041/NP
303041
Rolling incense sticks and looking after younger siblings affects 12 year old girl’s school attendance
4
Coping
India
Aradhna Parmar (39)
303047/P
303047
Aradhna wishes she could spend more time with her daughters instead of making them help her in care activities
4
Towards a double boon
India
Malavika Gaur (32)
304015/NP
304015
Irregular and low-wage construction work adversely impacts Malavika’s children
5
Depleted
India
Rukmini Keshavdas (26)
304025/P
304025
Rukmini is able to send her children to a private school through good returns from stitching bags at home
2
Towards a double boon
India
Mama Jolly (29)
CS3 Tanzania
123
Drudgery affects Jolly’s health and wellbeing
6
Depleted
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 Marvin (35)
CS28 Tanzania
72
Marvin’s multiple roles and responsibilities
4
Coping
Tanzania
Mama Josephine (30)
CS14 Tanzania
176
Josephine’s husband helps a bit, but ‘cannot cook’ for their three children
3
Towards a double boon
Tanzania
