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Examining what it takes to put food on your plate

The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.

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The Food Chain: The Hidden Cost of a Home-Cooked Meal

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03/12/2016 GMT

The Hidden Cost of a Home-Cooked Meal

BBC World Service - The Food Chain, The Hidden Cost of a Home-Cooked Meal

The sacrifices made by some women to put a meal on the family table.

What are the sacrifices - economic and social - made by some women in putting dinner on the table? And what impact is their economic empowerment having on family food dynamics?

Who does the cooking in your house? In many cultures the responsibility for preparing meals at home traditionally falls to women. But as more women join the global workforce, traditional household responsibilities are changing. What impact is that having have on our internal family dynamics?  

As part of the BBC's 100 Women season, we hear about the social and economic costs of putting a meal on the family table, when the most expensive ingredient is time. 

Four women from different continents explain the challenges they face trying to balance family life, work, and food. A working mother in Mumbai tells us why she won't give up her kitchen, and a stay at home mum in New York explains why her working husband does most of the cooking. Plus, we hear that in parts of rural Kenya women who cannot cook are far from marriage material.

(Picture: A woman prepares vegetables in a village in Bangladesh. Credit: Jewel Samad, Getty Images)

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