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Research report

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care: Evidence for influencing

20/07/2015

1 documents

116 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Development actors increasingly identify care responsibilities as a factor restricting women’s empowerment outcomes, yet there is limited evidence on determinants of long hours or gender inequality in care work. To gain a clearer understanding of care work and pathways of change to promote more equitable care provision, Oxfam conducted a Household Care Survey in communities […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Research report

Caring in a changing climate: Centering care work in climate action

23/02/2022

1 documents

129 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The global care crisis is being exacerbated by the global climate emergency, with interlocking impacts that threaten lives and livelihoods in all parts of the world. These impacts are particularly severe among rural livelihoods in low-income countries. Climate change intensifies the work involved in caring for people, animals, plants, and places. It reduces the availability […]

Briefing paper

Who Cares? How best to protect UK care workers employed through agencies and gangmasters from exploitation

02/12/2009

1 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

More than a million people work in the UK social care sector; residential care homes, or providing care to people in their own homes. Care workers, particularly those employed through agencies and gangmasters, are extremely vulnerable to exploitation in this low-paid, low-status sector – and migrant workers are often the most vulnerable. In this paper, […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Research report

The World Bank in Asia: An assessment of COVID-19-related investments through a care lens. Care-responsive investments and development finance

06/12/2021

1 documents

143 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

International financial institutions (IFIs) have been playing a vital role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and will play an equally important role in the recovery and ‘build back anew’ agenda. This is particularly true of the World Bank Group (WBG), given its high volumes of committed investments across sectors, especially in low-income and […]

Journal article

Crisis, care and childhood: the impact of economic crisis on care work in poor households in the developing world

01/07/2010

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Crisis, care and childhood: the impact of economic crisis on care work in poor households in the developing world

Keywords

Overview

Caring for children and other dependents is crucial to human well-being, and to social and economic development. Yet, most national and international policymakers appear persistently blind to this fact, as has been highlighted by the recent global economic crisis. They need to recognise and value care work if they are to support vulnerable families from […]

Case study

Integrated Prevention and Care: Including men in care

06/06/2005

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Centre for Positive Care (CPC) was founded in 1993, working with the communities of the Vhembe district in Limpopo Province of South Africa, providing information on STIs, HIV and AIDS, and teaching about safer sex and distributing condoms. Some critical factors led to the expansion of CPC: the rapid rise in the number of people […]

Journal article

Who cares? HIV-related sickness, urban–rural linkages, and the gendered role of care in return migration in South Africa

01/03/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Who cares? HIV-related sickness, urban–rural linkages, and the gendered role of care in return migration in South Africa

Keywords

Overview

Drawing on a 2008 household study conducted with internal and cross-border migrant households in Johannesburg, South Africa, this article explores the impact of HIV-related sickness and the gendered provision of care on migration patterns. Findings show that the provision of care helps to sustain links between the livelihood systems of urban and rural households. In […]

Briefing note

Who cares? The gendered distribution of unpaid care work in Jordan

22/09/2022

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Pervasive global norms position men as breadwinners and women as caregivers; in every country in the world, women do more unpaid care work than men. This paper explores the gendered distribution of unpaid care work in Jordan, where female labour market participation is among the lowest in the world. It presents the key findings of […]

Showing 430 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care: Evidence for influencing

20/07/2015

1 documents

116 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Development actors increasingly identify care responsibilities as a factor restricting women’s empowerment outcomes, yet there is limited evidence on determinants of long hours or gender inequality in care work. To gain a clearer understanding of care work and pathways of change to promote more equitable care provision, Oxfam conducted a Household Care Survey in communities […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Research report

Caring in a changing climate: Centering care work in climate action

23/02/2022

1 documents

129 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The global care crisis is being exacerbated by the global climate emergency, with interlocking impacts that threaten lives and livelihoods in all parts of the world. These impacts are particularly severe among rural livelihoods in low-income countries. Climate change intensifies the work involved in caring for people, animals, plants, and places. It reduces the availability […]

Briefing paper

Who Cares? How best to protect UK care workers employed through agencies and gangmasters from exploitation

02/12/2009

1 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

More than a million people work in the UK social care sector; residential care homes, or providing care to people in their own homes. Care workers, particularly those employed through agencies and gangmasters, are extremely vulnerable to exploitation in this low-paid, low-status sector – and migrant workers are often the most vulnerable. In this paper, […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Research report

The World Bank in Asia: An assessment of COVID-19-related investments through a care lens. Care-responsive investments and development finance

06/12/2021

1 documents

143 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

International financial institutions (IFIs) have been playing a vital role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and will play an equally important role in the recovery and ‘build back anew’ agenda. This is particularly true of the World Bank Group (WBG), given its high volumes of committed investments across sectors, especially in low-income and […]

Journal article

Crisis, care and childhood: the impact of economic crisis on care work in poor households in the developing world

01/07/2010

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Crisis, care and childhood: the impact of economic crisis on care work in poor households in the developing world

Keywords

Overview

Caring for children and other dependents is crucial to human well-being, and to social and economic development. Yet, most national and international policymakers appear persistently blind to this fact, as has been highlighted by the recent global economic crisis. They need to recognise and value care work if they are to support vulnerable families from […]

Case study

Integrated Prevention and Care: Including men in care

06/06/2005

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Centre for Positive Care (CPC) was founded in 1993, working with the communities of the Vhembe district in Limpopo Province of South Africa, providing information on STIs, HIV and AIDS, and teaching about safer sex and distributing condoms. Some critical factors led to the expansion of CPC: the rapid rise in the number of people […]

Journal article

Who cares? HIV-related sickness, urban–rural linkages, and the gendered role of care in return migration in South Africa

01/03/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Who cares? HIV-related sickness, urban–rural linkages, and the gendered role of care in return migration in South Africa

Keywords

Overview

Drawing on a 2008 household study conducted with internal and cross-border migrant households in Johannesburg, South Africa, this article explores the impact of HIV-related sickness and the gendered provision of care on migration patterns. Findings show that the provision of care helps to sustain links between the livelihood systems of urban and rural households. In […]

Briefing note

Who cares? The gendered distribution of unpaid care work in Jordan

22/09/2022

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Pervasive global norms position men as breadwinners and women as caregivers; in every country in the world, women do more unpaid care work than men. This paper explores the gendered distribution of unpaid care work in Jordan, where female labour market participation is among the lowest in the world. It presents the key findings of […]

Showing 430 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care: Evidence for influencing

20/07/2015

1 documents

116 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Development actors increasingly identify care responsibilities as a factor restricting women’s empowerment outcomes, yet there is limited evidence on determinants of long hours or gender inequality in care work. To gain a clearer understanding of care work and pathways of change to promote more equitable care provision, Oxfam conducted a Household Care Survey in communities […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Research report

Caring in a changing climate: Centering care work in climate action

23/02/2022

1 documents

129 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The global care crisis is being exacerbated by the global climate emergency, with interlocking impacts that threaten lives and livelihoods in all parts of the world. These impacts are particularly severe among rural livelihoods in low-income countries. Climate change intensifies the work involved in caring for people, animals, plants, and places. It reduces the availability […]

Briefing paper

Who Cares? How best to protect UK care workers employed through agencies and gangmasters from exploitation

02/12/2009

1 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

More than a million people work in the UK social care sector; residential care homes, or providing care to people in their own homes. Care workers, particularly those employed through agencies and gangmasters, are extremely vulnerable to exploitation in this low-paid, low-status sector – and migrant workers are often the most vulnerable. In this paper, […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Research report

The World Bank in Asia: An assessment of COVID-19-related investments through a care lens. Care-responsive investments and development finance

06/12/2021

1 documents

143 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

International financial institutions (IFIs) have been playing a vital role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and will play an equally important role in the recovery and ‘build back anew’ agenda. This is particularly true of the World Bank Group (WBG), given its high volumes of committed investments across sectors, especially in low-income and […]

Journal article

Crisis, care and childhood: the impact of economic crisis on care work in poor households in the developing world

01/07/2010

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Crisis, care and childhood: the impact of economic crisis on care work in poor households in the developing world

Keywords

Overview

Caring for children and other dependents is crucial to human well-being, and to social and economic development. Yet, most national and international policymakers appear persistently blind to this fact, as has been highlighted by the recent global economic crisis. They need to recognise and value care work if they are to support vulnerable families from […]

Case study

Integrated Prevention and Care: Including men in care

06/06/2005

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Centre for Positive Care (CPC) was founded in 1993, working with the communities of the Vhembe district in Limpopo Province of South Africa, providing information on STIs, HIV and AIDS, and teaching about safer sex and distributing condoms. Some critical factors led to the expansion of CPC: the rapid rise in the number of people […]

Journal article

Who cares? HIV-related sickness, urban–rural linkages, and the gendered role of care in return migration in South Africa

01/03/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Who cares? HIV-related sickness, urban–rural linkages, and the gendered role of care in return migration in South Africa

Keywords

Overview

Drawing on a 2008 household study conducted with internal and cross-border migrant households in Johannesburg, South Africa, this article explores the impact of HIV-related sickness and the gendered provision of care on migration patterns. Findings show that the provision of care helps to sustain links between the livelihood systems of urban and rural households. In […]

Briefing note

Who cares? The gendered distribution of unpaid care work in Jordan

22/09/2022

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Pervasive global norms position men as breadwinners and women as caregivers; in every country in the world, women do more unpaid care work than men. This paper explores the gendered distribution of unpaid care work in Jordan, where female labour market participation is among the lowest in the world. It presents the key findings of […]