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3.5 Division of Work
Step 3: Balancing Workload between Men and Women
Objective
• To discuss the possibilities to change the division of work between men and women
Target group
• Both men or women together or separately
• All ages
• All educational levels
• Rural and urban areas
Material
• One set of activity/situation cards from session 3.3 Division of work step 1: What do Men and
Women do (picture number 12 and 13)
• One set of the man, woman and couple cards (picture no. 14)
Situation cards:
Women’s activities Men’s activities Man, couple, woman
(picture No. 12) (picture No. 13) (picture No. 14)
Exercise
Step 1
• Choose one set of the activity/situation cards from the first session on the division of work
• Place the cards as follows: At the left the card showing the man, at the right the card showing
the woman, and the card showing the couple in the middle
• Place the activity/situation cards according to the colour of the cross under the correct card:
(red crosses under the man, green under the woman and yellow under the couple)
• Ask for each activity/situation under the picture showing the man if it can be done by both
sexes. If the participants agree, move the card under the couple
• Do the same for the activity/situations that are placed under the woman
• At the end only the biologically determined ones, like shaving and being pregnant, remain
under the pictures of man and woman, the rest, e.g. taking care of the children and household
activities, can be done by both sexes
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