Kamal Hassan's party Makkal Needhi Maiam's pledge to pay housewives a monthly wage for their hard work if elected to power in Tamil Nadu has a sparked debate on the issue, with people sparring over how much the time spent doing unpaid household labour is worth and who should pay for this unpaid work. In this episode of We The People, we debate whether the time has come to recognise and pay women for their work as housewives or will this further the patriarchal notion that housework is a woman's job.
Kamal Hassan's party Makkal Needhi Maiam's pledge to pay housewives a monthly wage for their hard work if elected to power in Tamil Nadu has a sparked debate on the issue, with people sparring over how much the time spent doing unpaid household labour is worth and who should pay for this unpaid work. In this episode of We The People, we debate whether the time has come to recognise and pay women for their work as housewives or will this further the patriarchal notion that housework is a woman's job.
WhatsApp's latest privacy policy update has got everyone talking about the safety of their data. But WhatsApp is not alone. Is data privacy simply a myth? Is there no way we can truly protect our information? We find out on this latest episode of We The People.
WhatsApp's latest privacy policy update has got everyone talking about the safety of their data. But WhatsApp is not alone. Is data privacy simply a myth? Is there no way we can truly protect our information? We find out on this latest episode of We The People.
Leaked documents on Twitter claim that COVID-19 vaccines are being sold at different rates in different countries. Why do some countries get better rates than the others? Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor discusses on We The People.
As 2020 draws to a close, we look at the various fallouts of the coronavirus pandemic. In the last eight months, the labour force for women has shrunk 13 percent against 2 percent for men. Why does such disparity exist? What policy decisions are required to reverse this trend? We discuss.
As 2020 draws to a close, we look at the various fallouts of the coronavirus pandemic. In the last eight months, the labour force for women has shrunk 13 percent against 2 percent for men. Why does such disparity exist? What policy decisions are required to reverse this trend? We discuss.
After months of investigation, the CBI has filed a chargesheet in the horrific case in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, where a 19-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped and murdered by four men. On We the People, we ask did politics deny truth in Hathras?
After months of investigation, the CBI has filed a chargesheet in the horrific case in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, where a 19-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped and murdered by four men. On We the People, we ask did politics deny truth in Hathras?
As the crackdown begins just a few days after Uttar Pradesh passed an ordinance making interfaith marriages difficult, on this episode of We The People, we speak to interfaith couples about their opinion on the new "hate laws" in the country that make interfaith love illegal.
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