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Care at the Core. A Feminist Proposal

Original title

Care at the Core. A Feminist Proposal

Author(s)

Ailynn Torres Santana

Date

2020-03

Language

English

In January 2020, an Oxfam report revealed that womenand girls, especially those living in poverty and marginal-ized groups, spend 12.5 billion hours performing unpaidcare work worldwide every day. According to estimates bythis organization, the monetary value of unpaid care workglobally carried out by women is $10.8 trillion annually (Coffey et.al., 2020). The document adds, “This figure,while huge, is an underestimate, and the true figure is farhigher.

• Definitions of care
• Right to care
• Research and diagnostics
• Comprehensive care systems

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  Friedrich Ebert Foundation-Mexico Office (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung)

https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/chile/19252.pdf

Fundación Friedrich Ebert Stiftung-Oficina México / Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation-Mexico Office

Fundación Friedrich Ebert -Oficina México / Friedrich Ebert Foundation-Mexico Office (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung)

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Alias

global-resource-268

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 systemsInfrastructureMeasurement 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 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. 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 Development Research Centre (IDRC- CRDI) International Domestic Workers Federation International Labour Organization (ILO) 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 Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) Soy Working Mom (SWM!) Taking care of Violeta (Cuidando a Violeta) UN Women UNI Global Union UNICEF 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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