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The Meanings and Experiences of Domestic Labour among Rural Women in Croatia

Worldwide research has shown that women tend to devote a disproportionate amount of their time to domestic labour that can be a barrier to gender equality and women’s empowerment. The aim of this study is to investigate to what extent women’s roles in unpaid domestic labour has an effect on their well-being and whether this presents a barrier to their empowerment or their ability ‘to do and be’ what they value. This study is based on ethnographic research in six rural villages located at the very north-east part of Croatia in Slavonia. This article draws on rural women’s (and men’s) accounts of their meanings and experiences in unpaid domestic labour. Pertaining to this labour, it also reviews their contribution as well as their (lack of) access to well-being in the family and wider community. Findings show that women’s engagement in domestic labour has both positive and negative effects on women’s well-being, as well as their families and the wider community.

domestic labour; well-being; women; rural; Croatia

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