Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is hold up half the sky and its meaning is “women contribute equally to society and share the same responsibilities and importance as men; a phrase popularised by Mao Zedong; equality, parity, shared responsibility, equal contribution, equal status”.
Example Sentence: And, these women hired workers belonged not only to manual labour households but also to the lower rungs of the peasantry… Women workers hold up half the sky in rural India. The Indian state has failed to correctly record the number of women workers, and to ensure that they receive decent wages and all rights as workers.
This phrase is present in Holding up half the sky on India’s farms and click here to read it.
This phrase is present in India’s presence amid a broken template of geopolitics and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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