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Journal article

The Care Policy Scorecard: a new tool to shift progress towards a caring economy

31/08/2022

19 pages long

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The Care Policy Scorecard: a new tool to shift progress towards a caring economy

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COVID-19 has highlighted the centrality of care and women’s labour (paid and unpaid). While there is a growing body of literature on specific policy measures to address care work in different contexts, there is no global practical tool to track progress against key policy areas. This article introduces the Care Policy Scorecard, an evidence-based policy […]

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Research report

Measuring Social Norms on Unpaid Care Work: Insights from Oxfam’s household care surveys

12/10/2021

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper describes the approach to measuring social norms related to unpaid care work in Oxfam’s Household Care Survey (HCS), and discusses benefits and limitations of this approach. The HCS is a quantitative research tool developed through Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme. It measures adults’ and children’s time spent on unpaid care work […]

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Briefing paper

Care Policy Scorecard: A tool for assessing country progress towards an enabling policy environment on care

20/09/2021

6 documents

90 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Care work needs to be recognized, shared and invested in now more than ever given that progress on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 – Achieve Gender Equality – is behind target and COVID-19 has created additional challenges with increases in care work, poverty and precariousness that could reverse gains made in gender equality and poverty […]

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Briefing note

Addressing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work for a Gender-Equal and Inclusive Kenya

13/04/2021

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

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Care work is the heartbeat of every society: it contributes to our wellbeing as a nation and is crucial for our social and economic development. Yet the disproportionate responsibility for unpaid care work results in time poverty and significant opportunity costs, particularly among the poorest and most marginalized women and girls. This policy brief outlines […]

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Annual report

Making Care Count: An Overview of the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care Initiative

18/11/2020

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Across the globe, unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) sustains communities and economies, provides essential care for children, sick and elderly people and those living with disabilities, and keeps households clean and families fed. Without unpaid care, the global economy as we know it would grind to a halt. Yet this work falls disproportionately on […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Measuring and Understanding Unpaid Care and Domestic Work: Household Care Survey Toolkit

30/10/2020

2 documents

140 pages long

Languages: English

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This toolkit provides guidance on using Oxfam’s Household Care Survey (HCS) methodology, which was developed by Oxfam as part of the WE-Care initiative to transform the provision of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW). UCDW underpins all our lives yet is overwhelmingly provided by women and girls. Recognising UCDW is essential for any initiative that […]

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Briefing paper

Unlocking Sustainable Development in Africa by Addressing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

03/02/2020

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Across Africa, ambitions to achieve inclusive and sustainable development are being undermined by inadequate investment in the care economy. Women and girls are providing millions of hours of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) – a provision which props up the economy and underpins society, yet remains under-recognized, undervalued and under-invested in. While inattention to […]

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Research report

Gendered Patterns of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work in the Urban Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from a Household Care Survey – 2019

19/11/2019

4 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

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Care work is essential for individuals, society and the economy. However, it is overwhelmingly done by women and girls, which restricts their ability to participate in education, paid work, politics and community life. In low-resource settings, fetching water or preparing food can be particularly burdensome. In 2018–2019, Oxfam's Women's Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme […]

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