Dhaka, Sept. 10 -- Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has congratulated the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on the landmark findings of its first Household Production Satellite Accounts (HPSA).

The report values unpaid household work at a staggering Tk. 670,000 crore, equivalent to 18.9% of the nation's GDP, bringing long-overdue recognition to the invisible labour that underpins the economy.

The BBS report reveals that the monetary value of unpaid household work alone stands at Tk. 400,000 crore, with women contributing the vast majority of Tk. 340,000 crore.

This data provides official validation for the crucial, yet historically overlooked, economic contribution of women.

MJF commended the government's commitment to this issue a...