Cooperative Care Provision as a Gender-Transformative Decent Work Solution
There is a growing need for care globally due to population growth, demographic changes, rising rates of disease transmission, social unrest, and conflict. By 2030 the number of care recipients is predicted to reach 2.3 billion, but despite this increasing demand for services, many workers are unpaid or under-paid, with poor working conditions and a lack of social protection. ILO data from 2018 highlights that this includes 381 million workers (249 million women and 132 million men), representing 11.5 per cent of global employment.
It is in everyone’s best interests to ensure good conditions for care delivery in both its unpaid and paid forms. Transformative care policies and decent work in the care economy are crucial to ensuring a future founded on social justice and gender equality.
