manual: women workers' rights and gender equality - International ...

• Explain the meaning of the 4 colours:
green = working hours
yellow = rest period during work and leisure time after work
red = household activities like cooking, shopping and washing clothes
blue = sleeping
• Give them 15 minutes to discuss and complete the clock
Step 2
• Compare and discuss the results of the 4 groups in plenary using the following questions
- Are there any differences between the groups in terms of working hours?
- If so, what are the main differences?
- Why are these differences there?
- Is this fair?
- Are there any differences between the groups in terms of time spent on household
activities?
- If so, what are the main differences?
- Why are these differences there?
- Is this fair?
- Are there any differences between the groups in terms of leisure time?
- If so, what are the main differences?
- Why are these differences there?
- Is this fair?
Step 3
• Count the green ‘hours’ in the clock
• Ask the groups if this is the same for all days
• Compare the number of working hours with the official maximum of 8 hours for formal sector
workers:
- Do informal sector workers work more hours?
- If yes, how many more?
- What are the problems with working so many hours?
- If not, why do they work less?
Step 4
• Ask the participants about their holidays (weekly and yearly):
- Do they take a day off in a week?
- If yes, when and why?
- If not, why not?
- Do they take some days off during the year?
- If yes, when and why?
- If not, why not?
- What would they like as ideal situation?
- Is that possible?
- If yes, how?
- If not, why not?
Step 5
• Summarize the things done and learned during this session
Notes for the trainer
After filling the clock the differences in activities are most probably as follows:
- household activities: women do most of the household work
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