8 APRIL2024IN FOCUSIN FOCUSIndian women have marked their names in history several times by achieving significant strides and accomplishments. Another name added to the list is India's current women's national team goalkeeper, Panthoi Chanu who made history by becoming the first Indian football player to play professionally in Australia. She did crack the deal that would keep her with the South Australian Women's Premier League team, Metro United which will be held in September 2024.She was selected after taking part in the 'Women In Sports' Elite trials, which were organized in collaboration with the Football Players Association of India, Women in Sports, and the AMPL Foundation. Her sporting career achieved a significant milestone when she joined the ranks of other prominent players like Jyoti Chauhan, Kiran Pisada, and M.K. Kashmina. Panthoi hails from a native village in Manipuri, Keirak where she began playing as a defender and a left-wing player.As per the report, Panthoi Chanu got the attention of Adelaide United FC during a trial. The trials were attended by well-known teams and their coaches including Western United FC Melbourne, Perth SC, WFC Dinamo Zagreb, and Marbella FC. She paved her way to the Metro United FC which boosted her confidence in the International Football arena.Despite facing back-to-back injuries in 2021 and 2022, Panthoi is determined to adapt quickly to Metro United's playing style. She believes in intense hard work and dedication, emphasizing regular practice sessions. Astudy published by the Journal of Family and Economic Issues on finds that 'In India, women spend nearly ten times more time on unpaid domestic and care work than men worldwide.' It reveals that married Indian women perform twice as much unpaid domestic work as single women, with Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh communities working the most hours. It also highlights the significant differences where men only spend 1.7 hours a day on these duties, compared to 4.2 hours for women.The gender disparity is even more evident in India. In India, women perform unpaid caregiving and household chores for nearly 10 times more than men do which leads to persistent biases against them. This results in an unreasonable amount of unpaid labor that is frequently referred to as 'unproductive labor'. The shift from multigenerational houses to nuclear families showcases the difference. That majorly affects the work-life balance and mobility of women in their personal lives.In contrast, those women who are working or employed at firms spend less time performing unpaid household work specifically when they are well educated. In addition to this, mothers tend to devote more time to household chores when their children are school-going. It is critical to identify, decrease, and divide the unpaid care and household labor. In order to uplift the gender disparity, investments in infrastructure, jobs, services, and care policies are required. PANTHOI CHANU BECOMES FIRST FEMALE INDIAN FOOTBALLER TO PLAY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WPLINDIAN WOMEN SPEND 10 TIMES MORE TIME ON UNPAID DOMESTIC WORK, FINDS REPORT
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