The plantation sector remains one of Sri Lanka’s most labour intensive industries, with thousands of families depending almost entirely on daily tea plucking for survival. Women make up a substantial share of the tea plucking workforce and frequently shoulder the dual burden of wage labour and unpaid household care. The evidence demonstrates that when provided equal access, women operate the machines with comparable efficiency and effectiveness. "Before using the tea plucking machine, I could harvest only about 25 kg of tea in eight hours through manual plucking. Daily tea yield per worker in KGSome demographic informationPhoto Caption: Seen here is an estate worker with a tea plucking machine