The Soapbox: All Women Are Workers
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The Soapbox: All Women Are Workers

Eleanor Penny brings you “The Soapbox”

We usually think that work means employment in the formal economy. But domestic labour – done mostly by women, and mostly for free – is the most fundamental kind of work there is.

  • Published 3 May 2017
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