印度最高法院里程碑裁决:女性工作时间实际上长于男性
"Women Work Longer Hours Than Men": Supreme Court In Landmark Maternity Ruling
摘要
印度最高法院就产假权益作出里程碑式裁决,援引国际劳工组织数据指出,若将无偿家务劳动纳入统计,职业女性的总工作时间实际上长于男性。两位法官帕尔迪瓦拉和马哈德万以此为依据,强化了相关产假法律保护。此判决标志着印度司法界对职业女性双重负担的重要认可。
预览
Quoting studies by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the bench of Justices JB Pardiwalah and R Mahadevan noted that employed women tend to spend more time working than men once unpaid domestic labour is factored in.