Most
studies on mid-day meal schemes tend to focus on the obvious
nutritional benefits or lack thereof. Carly E Nichols argues that the
impact of these programmes extend far beyond, justifying the need to
fund and monitor them more stringently. She found that MDMS not only
ensures nutritional security for children but also makes women's
workload lighter through provision of childcare and food preparation.
In
this piece, she argues:
“Programmes
that work to reduce women's work burden in this area not only
contribute to the overall food security of the family, but make a
deeper impact by providing a public subsidy to the huge amount of
'invisible' or unpaid labour that women undertake every day.”
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