Spain hopes domestic tasks app will ensure men pull their weight
by Sam Jones in Madrid from Technology | The Guardian on (#6BT49)
Free app designed to shed light on mental load' overwhelmingly carried by women when it comes to chores
The Spanish government is hoping to encourage men to do more at home by developing a free app that will log how much time each household or family member spends on domestic chores.
Announcing the measure in Geneva earlier this week, Spain's secretary of state for equality, Angela Rodriguez, said the aim was to shed light on the invisible mental load" overwhelmingly carried by women when it comes to domestic tasks.
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