Care & Unpaid Work
BRIDGE publications
Providing care can be both a source of fulfilment and a terrible burden. For women and girls in particular, their socially prescribed role as carers can undermine their rights and limit their opportunities, capabilities and choices - posing a fundamental obstacle to gender equality and well-being. How can we move towards a world in which individuals and society recognise and value the importance of different forms of care, but without reinforcing care work as something that only women can or should do?
Documents on Care & Unpaid Work (59)
Author:
L. Fogarty,
Lesotho Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Jan 2009
What do the people of Lesotho think about gender and HIV/AIDS? This article describes the perspectives of people participating in and potentially affected by gender and HIV/AIDS healthcare initiatives. It ...
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Author:
Alma Espino (ed);Norma Sanchis (ed);Jayati Ghosh (ed),
Association for Women's Rights in Development, Oct 2009
Women are at the centre of the fallout from the systemic crisis, which combines distinct interlocked crises: a global economic recession, the devastating effects of climate change, and a deepening ...
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Author:
R. Eyben; M. Fontana,
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, Mar 2009
In 2006 the World Bank coined the slogan 'Gender equality is smart economics'. The argument was that pushing women into paid employment or making it easier for them to establish ...
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Author:
I. Bleijenbergh; C. Roggeband ,
, Nov 2007
What has been the impact of the women's movement, women's representation in national parliaments, and the existence of national gender machineries on the development of national social-care policies? To what ...
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European Women’s Lobby, May 2006
Who Cares? This was the name of a campaign launched in 2006 by the European Women's Lobby to improve the provision of affordable, accessible and high-quality care services for children, ...
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