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Initiative to address women’s care load in Africa expands with two new projects

Original title

L’initiative visant à réduire la charge de travail des femmes en Afrique s’étend avec deux nouveaux projets

Author(s)

IDRC

Date

2024-10-25

Language

French

Two new research projects are joining the IDRC-supported Scaling Care Innovations in Africa initiative to redress gender inequalities in unpaid care.

• Co-responsibility
• International Day of Care and Support
• Women
• International organizations
• Unpaid care work

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Link

Articles

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  International Development Research Centre (IDRC- CRDI)

https://idrc-crdi.ca/fr/nouvelles/linitiative-visant-reduire-la-charge-de-travail-des-femmes-en-afrique-setend-avec-deux

Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo (IDRC- CRDI) / International Development Research Centre (IDRC- CRDI)

Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo (IDRC- CRDI) / International Development Research Centre (IDRC- CRDI)

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Alias

global-resource-471

Topics

Types of care work

Care and culture of peaceCare in educationCare in parentingCommunity careDomestic workEnvironmental careHealth carePaid care workSelf-careUnpaid care work

Care and populations

Children and adolescentsDisabilityIndigenous personsLGBTIQ+ folkMen and masculinityMigrantsOlder personsPeople of colorPeople with illnessesRural populationsUrban populationsWomen

Actors

Civil society organizationsCommunitiesGlobal Alliance for CareInternational organizationsNational governmentsPrivate sectorSub-national and local governmentsTrade unions and trade associations

Region

Central and South AsiaEast and Southeast AsiaEuropeGlobalLatin America and the CaribbeanMiddle East and North AfricaNorth AmericaOceaniaSub-Saharan Africa

Policies and actions

Budgeting and financingCommunication and campaignsComprehensive care systemsInfrastructureInternational Day of Care and SupportMeasurement and use of timeMonitoring and evaluationPolicy and legal frameworksResearch and diagnosticsSocial security and protectionTechnology and digital innovationTraining, certification and professionalizationUrban planningWages and working conditions

Conceptual framework

Care economyCare societyCo-responsibilityDefinitions of careEthics of careGlobal care chainsInternational and regional regulationsRight to careThe 5Rs of careTime use

- Member - Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Arredo Avina Foundation Bien Humano Foundation Center for Global Development data2x Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC - ECLAC) Economy is Care (Wirtschaft ist Care -WiC) EU-LAC Foundation EUROsociAL Families working in arts and crafts workshops for autistic people and other disabilities A.C. (FTAOAD) Foundation Center for the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth (CIPPEC) Foundation for Studies and Research on Women (FEIM) Friedrich Ebert Foundation-Mexico Office (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) Gender and Development (GENDES) Gender Equity, Citizenship, Work and Family A.C. GI-ESCR (Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Global Alliance for Care Government of Argentina Government of Canada Government of Germany Government of Jalisco (SISEMH), Mexico Government of Mexico Government of Philippines Government of Spain Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina Government of the Municipality of Bogota, Colombia Hogar Justo Hogar Huairou Commission Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) Information Group on Reproductive Choice (GIRE) Institute for the Development of Non-Hegemonic Masculinities (IDMAH) Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM)-OAS Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS) International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) International Development Research Centre (IDRC- CRDI) International Domestic Workers Federation International Labour Organization (ILO) International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC/CSI) Latin American Justice and Gender Team (ELA) Make Mothers Matter Metropolis - World Association of the Major Metropolises Observatory on Ageing, Care and Rights - CUIDO60 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Open Data Charter Open Society Foundation Orgullo Loco Mexico Oxfam Canada Oxfam International Oxfam Mexico Paz Cívica Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) Rural Aid Pakistan Simone de Beauvoir Institute of Leadership (ILSB) SOS Children’s Villages International Soy Working Mom (SWM!) Taking care of Violeta (Cuidando a Violeta) The Asia Foundation UN Women UNI Global Union UNICEF Union of Independent Domestic Workers, Similar and Self-Employed (SITRADOMSA) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) University of Sarajevo Women Deliver World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)

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