Spain hopes domestic tasks app will ensure men pull their weight

Free app designed to shed light on ‘mental load’ overwhelmingly carried by women when it comes to chores

The Spanish government is hoping to encourage men to do more at home by developing a free app that will log how much time each household or family member spends on domestic chores.

Announcing the measure in Geneva earlier this week, Spain’s secretary of state for equality, Ángela Rodríguez, said the aim was to shed light on the invisible “mental load” overwhelmingly carried by women when it comes to domestic tasks.