Whereas the work of the house-wife has so far received no recognition in the sense that no steps have been taken or thought for the protection of one who works from morning till night without rest or leave or holiday; and whereas we believe the work of a house -wife to be as important as any other, it is essential in the interest of these women who are the home-makers and the mothers of the race to take steps for the raising of their status, for the protection of their health and for providing leisure for them to enable them to improve their mind, the All-India Women’s Conference, therefore, demand that:
(a) the woman who works in the home shall have a right to a part of her husband’s income to be used by her as she likes;
(b) the husband shall have no right to dispose of his entire income without the consent of his wife;
(c) in any scheme of social insurance that Government may introduce for the benefit of the workers who work outside home such workers in fields or factories, teachers or nurses, the home-maker shall be included for purposes of benefit; and any contribution to be made to the fund shall be deducted from the husband’s income if the wife has no separate income of her own;
(d) creches, infant classes and pre-basic schools shall be provided by the Government or Municipalities; and
(e) facilities shall be provided for the woman to learn how to run her home in a systematic and scientific way.