Spain is watching men. "We will find out who does not help his wife with housework"

Spain has announced plans to launch a mobile app that will tell wives if their men are helping with household chores.

The new app intends to address gender imbalance in household chores and will record the hours family members spend doing household chores.

Angela Rodríguez, Spain's minister for gender equality and domestic violence, said her ministry was developing the free app.

The minister added that it would enable men and women to record the number of hours they spent doing household chores.

The government hopes the app will launch in the summer and will be unveiled as part of a "shared responsibility plan".

Rodriguez said nearly half of the women surveyed by Spain's National Statistical Institute said they did most of the housework in their homes.

By comparison, less than 15 percent of men said they did the majority of housework.

In April 2017, a court in Cantabria ordered a man to pay more than €23000,<> to his ex-wife for the housework she did over their six years together.

Earlier this year, a court in Malacca ordered a man to pay a whopping sum to his ex-wife for 25 years of unpaid domestic work, based on the minimum wage for the duration of their marriage.

Spanish newspaper ABC reported that the government has allocated a budget of 211,750 euros for the development of the free app.

It is hoped that the app will highlight the "invisible tasks" women do around the home as well as the "mental burden" – a term used to describe all the work and thinking required to run a home.

The Minister for Gender Equality used the example of kitchen cleaning. Women often have to do the job, she said, but they should also consider buying extra laundry or making sure there is food in the house.

The app will allow you to determine how long each family member spends completing tasks at home. This will include other family members such as sons and daughters, or roommates.