India Among Nations Where Women Work More Than Men

2. Japan:

In Japan, an island nation in East Asia, women have the second highest life expectancy in the world, as per the Japan's health ministry. Japanese women participated most actively in the job market in their early twenties and between the ages of 35 and 54 and at the same time they also finds satisfaction in their family life.  They gain a sense of satisfaction from doing good jobs as household managers and mothers. In most households, women are responsible for their family budgets and make independent decisions about the education, careers, and life-style of their families. When it comes to housework, Japanese men are still far behind as compared to their western country’s counterparts.

3. India:

Over the last few decades, the status of women in India has been subjected to many great changes. Today, women in India held many high offices in the country like the President, Prime Minister, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Chief Ministers and Leader of the Opposition. Women in India work for over one-and-a-half hours more than the country’s men every day, making this difference in total work hours the maximum in nearly 30 countries, according to OECD’s report. The gender gap is widest in India, where women spend on average 94 minutes more time than the men on total work each day.
(With inputs from PTI)

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