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Argument evidence · Tier 1

117.4m people in Pakistan engage in unpaid care/domestic work, including 66.7m women.

E285 · CSS Evidence Bank v1
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117.4m people in Pakistan engage in unpaid care/domestic work, including 66.7m women. · 2025ILO · 2025Source named — not yet verified
Source

ILO — https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/ilo-calls-greater-recognition-and-investment-pakistan%E2%80%99s-care-economy. Verified in source set / retroactive normalization pending.

What it proves

Unpaid care is a structural time constraint on women's labour-force participation.

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What it does not prove: The 117.4m headcount counts anyone doing any amount of unpaid care or domestic work, so it measures participation, not intensity — and roughly half of it is men, which makes it a poor standalone proof of unequal burden. The inequality shows up in hours, not heads, so this figure needs a time-use companion to carry the argument.

Memory hook: 117.4m in unpaid care → 66.7m of them women, on no payroll

Rebuts the claim: "Most Pakistani women are economically inactive" — 66.7m women are already working, unpaid, inside the household, which is why measured participation stays low.

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