Women who aren’t valued: The hidden economy of patriarchy

Women who aren’t valued: The hidden economy of patriarchy

“There is no such thing as a woman who doesn’t work. There is only a woman who isn’t paid for her work.” — This powerful observation from Caroline Criado-Perez in her book Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men challenges one of the most persistent assumptions in modern society that work only counts when it receives a wage. Across the world, millions of women are described as “not working” simply because the labour they perform e…