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Why focus on
Women Educators ?

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development data, women in India spend up to 352 minutes per day on domestic work, which is a whopping 577% more than men. Around 65% of women in India say they have no choice but to take up care work, since there is “no other member to carry out the domestic duties”.

Oftentimes, domestic chores are prioritised above personal wellbeing. According to the Working Mother Research Institute, working mothers have three work shifts in a day – the first is at their workplace, the second shift is once they get home and have to sort out chores like dinners, homework etc; and then comes the third invisible shift, where the burden of remembering the little things like birthdays, throwing parties, and buying gifts also falls on them.
Even in the most progressive households where couples split the chores pretty evenly, there’s still often one person who ends up doing most of the “mental” load of work. It is not about the physical tasks but rather the never-ending list of to-do items. A study published in the American Sociological Review describes it as the responsibility of “anticipating needs, identifying options for filling them, making decisions, and monitoring progress”.
For a woman educator, this can make life very challenging because as we know, a teacher’s job extends far beyond the work day of a school. She is on the job 24/7. When you add household chores to that, it leaves a teacher with very little time to call her own. Very little time to grow professionally.

For educational programs to be efficient, the quality of teachers is highly essential. It goes beyond the blackboard, beyond the mere delivery of lessons, and that is where we step in. At WEL we offer you that ladder of support that can help you reach for the stars.