Galandini, Silvia

Across the UK, many people providing paid and unpaid care – including parents and guardians of children, paid care workers, and unpaid carers – experience poverty, and great physical and emotional pressures. This is because the care they provide remains largely taken for granted and is not properly supported by governments and wider society. In […]

Any research must follow ethical principles, particularly when it involves people as participants and is likely to impact them. This is standard practice in academic research and a legal requirement in medical trials, but also applies to research carried out by Oxfam. Oxfam’s work focuses on vulnerable populations, and takes place under difficult circumstances. When […]

This report focuses on the link between undervalued care work and poverty in Britain by putting the voices and lived experiences of those who do care work at the forefront. Care work, both paid and unpaid, is a vital social good and an essential human right. Despite its necessity and contribution, in Britain and globally, […]