INTERACTIVE: Recognising invisible and unpaid work we do at home

The challenge is balancing paid work and the invisible work done at home is a major reason women leave the workforce. Photo: 123rf.com

What if we were paid for all the unpaid work we do at home? This includes caregiving, cleaning, child minding, cooking and so on. Although some may argue that this is part and parcel of our daily lives, the problem arises when it's overwhelmingly one gender that ends up doing most of this unpaid work.

And, it is especially problematic when unpaid work becomes the reason women (who shoulder the bulk of it) cannot participate in the workforce or paid labour.