Top 10 countries where women work harder than men

New Delhi: According to a recent survey conducted by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), women in many countries of the world work harder than men in a single day, if one includes unpaid work performed by women.Here is the list of 10 such countries:ItalyItaly has one of the lowest birth rates in the western world and also has the biggest gender gap when it comes to carving up chores.Italian women clock up 21 hours more per week than men on housework.Japan In the 8th century Japan had female emperors, and in the 12th century women in Japan could inherit property in their own names and manage it by themselves but after World War II, the dominant cultural template for the role Japanese woman has been that of the “office lady (OL)” , who becomes a housewife, and a then a kyoiku mama (education mother) after marriage.Today if we take unpaid work in account Italian women clock up 21 hours more per week than men on housework. India In modern India, women have held high offices in India including that of the President, Prime Minister, Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition.But she still stand ahead man in terms of housework too. Indian women clock up 18 hours more per week than men on housework.Spain Spanish society, for centuries, had embraced a code of moral values that established stringent standards of sexual conduct for women, restricted the opportunities for professional careers for women, but honored their role as wives and mothers. Today though the situation has changed and Spanish women has came out o all those traditional blocs. In terms of housework they still stand ahead.Spanish women clock up 15 hours more per week than men on housework. New ZealandNew Zealand women are still spending more time on housework than men, despite working more outside the home as well. New Zealand clock up 14 hours more per week than men on housework.TurkeyA majority of Turkish society sees women's role at home as being predominantly to raise children.Turkish women clock up 14 hours more per week than men on housework.CanadaEarlier this week a report came that The Canadian federal government is supporting women entrepreneurs to the tune of half a million dollars. Thus Canada is making effort to bring women at front in fields other than managing homes as per OECD report Canadian women clock up 14 hours more per week than men on housework.Korea Here the women's social status has become practically equal to men's in many social sectors, such as in occupation, legal rights, education, political participation, and other areas.As per OECD report Korean women clock up 13.5 hours more per week than men on housework.BritainBritish women spend an average of 11 more hours on household matters than their husbands do, while putting in three hours less in paid work.ChinaIn China, women invest eight hours more a week in housework than their husbands do, while the men give an average of three hours more to their jobs.