Unpaid Domestic and Care Work
Report
A Right to Care, A Right to Welfare: A Study of the Kalaignar Mahalir Urimai Thittam
By Prabha Kotiswaran, Gale Andrew, Jannet Farida Jacob, Narbadeshwar Mishra, Priyadarshini S, and Rebecca Hannah (2025)
Report
Valuing Care, Recognising Rights, Reimagining Welfare
By Prabha Kotiswaran, Gale Andrew, and Madhusree Jana (2025)
Journal Article
Women’s Work, Never Done, Now Paid: Assessing Tamil Nadu’s Urimai Thogai Scheme
By Prabha Kotiswaran for World Development (2025)
Report
Social Reproduction and Financial Extractivism
By Verónica Gago (2025)
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From Reproducing Labour Power to Reproducing our Struggle: A Strategy for a Revolutionary Feminism
By Silvia Federici (2025)
Read HereReport
Visibility and Value at Work: The Legal Organisation of Productive and Reproductive Work
By Kerry Rittich (2025)
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Revaluing Unpaid Work through Unconditional Cash Transfers: The Case of the Orunodoi Scheme in Assam
By Prabha Kotiswaran for Economic and Political Weekly (2022)
Feature
Indian Courts and the Politics of Recognising Women's Unpaid Care Work
By Prabha Kotiswaran for Economic and Political Weekly: Research Radio (2022)
Feature
How Indian Courts Value Unpaid Domestic Work
Economic and Political Weekly (2022)
Journal Article
Toward a Model of Universal Care, One Manifesto at a Time
By Prabha Kotiswaran for Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society (2022)
Blog Post
Constitutions and Housework
By Arvind Kurian Abraham for IACL-AIDC Blog (2021)
Journal Article
An Ode to Altruism: How Indian Courts Value Unpaid Domestic Work
By Prabha Kotiswaran for Economic and Political Weekly (2021)
Read HereNews Coverage
Indian Politicians Vow to Pay Women for Housework as Virus Rages
The Economic Times (2021)
News Coverage
What is a homemaker’s worth?
The Indian Express (2021)
News Coverage
Will Payment for Housework Discourage Women from Paid Work?
IndiaSpend (2021)
Feature
Should women be paid for housework?
BBC Sounds: WorklifeIndia (2021)
Op-Ed
For Gender Equity, India Needs a Care Manifesto
By Prabha Kotiswaran for Hindustan Times (2021)
News Coverage
Kamal Hassan Proposes Salaries for Housewives
BBC World (2021)
Journal Article
Economic Worth of Homemakers
By Prabha Kotiswaran for Economic and Political Weekly (2021)
Feature
Should women be paid for household work?
Times of India: Face Off (2022)
Feature
Proposal in India Could Grant Salaries for Housework
The World (2021)
News Coverage
How India calculates the value of women’s housework
BBC News (2021)
Op-Ed
Opening the black box of marriage
By Prabha Kotiswaran for Hindustan Times (2021)