A REVIEW OF EARLIER WORKS ON TIME POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD: A PERIOD FROM 2000 TO 2018

Women’s empowerment and gender equality have become prominent issues in global development discourse and practice. The equal share of opportunities in different professions has led professionals such as development agencies, donors, corporations and non-governmental organisations to view women as crucial actors in solving poverty and a host of other social and economic problems, and not just victims of poverty. Women’s empowerment is not only a concerned with increasing wealth and income but is also related to the idea of how women use their time. In this respect, they lag behind in some aspects of life, one of which is time poverty. Time poverty means having less time than others because of personal commitments or unpaid housework. Extensive literature in this field was studied to analyse the term ‘time poverty’ broadly.