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The Centre for Science and Environment conducted a detailed study of a Himalayan village, called Syuta, though this is not its real name, in Chamoli district of Uttar Pradesh. The villagers spend 366,156 human hours on work every year. The data collected from this village confirms the reality that a heavy workload on the mother means the daughter cannot get education even when access to school is easy. In Syuta, the burden of the work falls mainly on women. Of Syuta's 92 main workers, 50 are women and 42 are men. Of the 115 men in Syuta, only 42

Publication Date: 
30/03/1999
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