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Briefing note

Why We Care: An overview of the distribution of unpaid care work in Ma’an, southern Jordan

29/06/2021

1 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

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The concept of unpaid care work is not widely known in Ma’an or other parts of Jordan. As a result, the benefits of unpaid care to individuals’ lives, as well as its negative impact on women who bear a disproportionate share of it at the household level, are overlooked by both local communities and policy […]

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Journal article

The Beijing Platform for Action charted a future we still need to bring up: building feminist economic policy

24/06/2020

17 pages long

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The Beijing Platform for Action charted a future we still need to bring up: building feminist economic policy

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The Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), written 25 years ago, is remarkable in its economic diagnostics, analytical framework, and policy prescriptions, which remain fully relevant today. In this article, we revisit the main economic problems identified by the BPfA: GDP growth, employment, care, and poverty. In terms of GDP growth, the BPfA was clear that […]

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Research report

Et s’il y avait une grève dans les foyers ? Étude sur l’impact du travail de soins non rémunéré sur les femmes vivant en Tunisie : accès au travail, autonomisation économique et bien-être

25/01/2020

1 documents

58 pages long

Languages: French

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Le travail de soin non rémunéré désigne toutes les activités qualifiées de travaux reproductifs ou domestiques au sein des foyers sur une base non marchande. Bien que ce travail est essentiel pour l’équilibre de la société et l’épanouissement de la famille et le développement économique des pays, les normes sociales patriarcales d’un côté et les […]

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Briefing paper

Time to Care: Unpaid and underpaid care work and the global inequality crisis

20/01/2020

11 documents

64 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Korean, Spanish

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Economic inequality is out of control. In 2019, the world’s billionaires, only 2,153 people, had more wealth than 4.6 billion people. This great divide is based on a flawed and sexist economic system that values the wealth of the privileged few, mostly men, more than the billions of hours of the most essential work – […]

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Evaluation report

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) Mid-Term Evaluation Report: Philippines

09/12/2019

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

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The Women's Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme aims to confront unpaid care work as a gender equality issue by recognizing, reducing and redistributing care work, and ensuring those who perform unpaid care are represented in policy decisions about it (the '4Rs' framework). This mid-term evaluation of WE-Care programme activities in the Philippines used several […]

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Research report

If a woman does a job, she can support her family as well: Insights from community discussions in Pakistan about changing gender roles in society through economic development

08/10/2019

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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The Empower Youth for Work (EYW) programme in Pakistan works on young women and men’s social and economic empowerment by focusing on promoting an enabling environment. In Pakistan’s conservative society, restrictive gender roles can often act as a barrier to young women’s social and economic empowerment. To gain an insight into the current environment for […]

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Research report

Tienen los impuestos alguna influencia en las desigualdades entre hombres y mujeres?

20/08/2019

3 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Desde la perspectiva de la Economía Feminista la política fiscal, así como cualquier otra política, produce efectos e impactos diferentes en las vidas de las mujeres y los hombres dado que se diseña y actúa sobre contextos aún muy marcados por estereotipos de género: ideas preconcebidas sobre el rol del hombre (el proveedor de ingresos […]

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Briefing paper

Business Briefing on Unpaid Care and Domestic Work: Why unpaid care by women and girls matters to business, and how companies can address it

04/06/2019

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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There is growing evidence that business leaders and managers understand that the unequal and heavy share of unpaid care and domestic work done by women and girls is an issue which matters to the effective (on-going) operations of their firms. Some companies have already taken practical steps to address the issue by supporting employees along […]

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Research report

Counting on Women’s Work Without Counting Women’s Work: Women’s unpaid work in Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Egypt

31/05/2019

1 documents

101 pages long

Languages: English

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In the MENA region, care is considered the main responsibility of women, and prioritized over their participation in the labour market. This report is based on an extensive review of existing literature on paid labour, gender-based division of household tasks, unpaid non-economic labour and economic labour, as well as the different contexts within which these […]

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Briefing note

Feminist Scorecard 2019: Tracking Welsh government action to advance women’s rights and gender equality

13/04/2019

3 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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The barriers that women face, and the opportunities they lack, stem from complex and long-entrenched systems of inequality and discrimination. The Welsh government has made some strides to becoming a feminist government and a feminist nation. But despite robust legislation and good intentions to advance gender equality, there has often been a lack of funding, […]

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