Dr. Deepta Chopra is a development geographer with a focus on women’s empowerment and the politics of policy processes. Her research interests focusprimarilyon gendered political economy analysis of policies for the empowerment of women and girls, and its core links with unpaid care work. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/contributor/deepta-chopra/rss en Informal Economy Unpaid Domestic and Care Work Thu, 10 May 2018 09:00:00 +0000 Deepta Chopra https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/community/2018/05/10/to-make-progress-on-womens-paid-work-we-need-to-focus-on-unpaid-care https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/community/2018/05/10/to-make-progress-on-womens-paid-work-we-need-to-focus-on-unpaid-care Reaching gender equality in paid work means more than just giving women jobs – we need to put in place systems for public services and decent employment to allow women time and energy to care for their families, says Deepta Chopra of the Institute of Development Studies.