Caregiving burden holding women back in jobs: UN

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-The imbalanced division of work within the household between men and women is one of the most resilient features of gender inequality

-nearly 22 per cent of women of working age worldwide perform unpaid care work on a full-time basis, with the level as high as 60 per cent in Arab states. By comparison, only 41 million men - 1.5 per cent of them - carry out such work on a full-time basis

-gender wage gap remains at an average of 20 per cent globally, and is nearly double that in countries such as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Qns:  
1. Evaluate the claim that equality of opportunity for females is a desirable, but unrealistic goal. (Cam. 2016)
2. Consider the view that some careers are better suited to one gender than the other. (Cam. 2014)