Women devote 34.2% of their day to unpaid care work

Women in El Salvador shoulder a greater burden of unpaid work, while men concentrate the employment measured by gross domestic product (GDP), according to Infobae América.

The gender gap in the labor market and at home persists at every education level. According to the outlet, among people with primary education or less, women devote 34.2% of their day to unpaid care work, which directly limits their prospects for entering the workforce and continuing their education.

This phenomenon reflects an unequal division of care work and domestic chores within households, a factor that structurally relegates women to the subsistence economy or to informality, eroding their capacity to earn their own income and their long-term economic autonomy.