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Briefing paper

Care in the Time of Coronavirus: Why care work needs to be at the centre of a post-COVID-19 feminist future

25/06/2020

7 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

New research by Oxfam and partners reveals that while COVID-19 and the related containment efforts have caused increases in women’s – and men’s – unpaid care workloads, women are still doing the bulk of this work. Women living in poverty, single mothers and essential workers as well as those belonging to minority racial and ethnic […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Care Principles and Care-Responsiveness Barometer: Guidelines and toolkit for international financial institutions (IFIs)

06/12/2021

2 documents

84 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The architecture of development finance lacks a care perspective despite strong commitments to gender equality goals. The Care Principles and Care-Responsiveness Barometer have been developed as guiding tools for international financial institutions (IFIs) to promote, measure and improve the care-responsiveness of all their operations.

Journal article

‘My mother was a kitchen girl’: legal and policy responses to the problem of care for women who provide care in South Africa

31/08/2022

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘My mother was a kitchen girl’: legal and policy responses to the problem of care for women who provide care in South Africa

Keywords

Overview

Domestic labour or care work creates the conditions through which other labour can occur, however, the value that this work provides is scarcely recognised when lawmakers consider its remuneration and regulation. This paper investigates legal discrimination against providers of domestic labour in South Africa, especially at home involving women in relationships and domestic workers. This […]

Research report

Care in households and communities: Background paper on conceptual issues

07/10/2013

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s initiative ‘Innovations in Care’ aims to support development, humanitarian and advocacy practitioners to work more effectively on care issues. Care is understood as a major issue in promoting women’s human rights, empowerment and overcoming poverty and inequality. This paper clarifies the main conceptual issues, overlapping terms and debates relevant for local programming and research […]

Guidelines and toolkits

The Care-Responsiveness Barometer: A framework to plan, measure and improve the care-responsiveness of policies, investments and institutions

13/09/2021

2 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work, paid, unpaid or underpaid, is a critical social and economic good. There is a need to place it at the core of all policy decisions and investments in development work, as well as across institutions. The Care-Responsiveness Barometer has been developed as a guiding tool for all institutions to plan, measure and improve […]

Journal article

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

31/08/2022

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Briefing paper

Time to Care for Care Workers: Ending the domestic workers’ exploitation

29/10/2026

5 documents

51 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Care work sustains homes, societies and economies, yet domestic workers remain among the least protected workers in the world. This paper argues that domestic work is work like any other and is indispensable and that states must treat care as a human right and public good, not a private responsibility or market commodity. It examines […]

Briefing note

Unpaid Care – Why and How to Invest: Policy briefing for national governments

12/01/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Investments which support households to better meet their unpaid care responsibilities – such as childcare, food preparation and laundry – can yield substantial returns in terms of macro-economic growth, job creation and other key government priorities. This briefing looks at selected evidence and examples and argues that governments should: include commitments to support households’ unpaid […]

Research report

Unseen Work, Unmet Needs: Exploring the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity in unpaid care labor and paid labor in the U.S.

25/04/2024

2 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam America and Prosperity Now have embarked on a comprehensive joint research project to explore the dynamics of women’s paid and unpaid labor in the US, particularly for women of color, who are disproportionately affected by the dual impact of paid work and unpaid care responsibilities. This report adopts an intersectional lens to delve into […]

Briefing note

Care, Poverty, and Coronavirus Across Britain

28/04/2020

1 documents

29 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Carers, paid and unpaid, are at the forefront of our response to the Coronavirus, putting themselves at risk to protect us all. Yet, if you are a carer, for adults or children, you are more likely to be living in poverty. This is not right. This briefing note updates our Make Care Count report which […]

Showing 445 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Care in the Time of Coronavirus: Why care work needs to be at the centre of a post-COVID-19 feminist future

25/06/2020

7 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

New research by Oxfam and partners reveals that while COVID-19 and the related containment efforts have caused increases in women’s – and men’s – unpaid care workloads, women are still doing the bulk of this work. Women living in poverty, single mothers and essential workers as well as those belonging to minority racial and ethnic […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Care Principles and Care-Responsiveness Barometer: Guidelines and toolkit for international financial institutions (IFIs)

06/12/2021

2 documents

84 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The architecture of development finance lacks a care perspective despite strong commitments to gender equality goals. The Care Principles and Care-Responsiveness Barometer have been developed as guiding tools for international financial institutions (IFIs) to promote, measure and improve the care-responsiveness of all their operations.

Journal article

‘My mother was a kitchen girl’: legal and policy responses to the problem of care for women who provide care in South Africa

31/08/2022

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘My mother was a kitchen girl’: legal and policy responses to the problem of care for women who provide care in South Africa

Keywords

Overview

Domestic labour or care work creates the conditions through which other labour can occur, however, the value that this work provides is scarcely recognised when lawmakers consider its remuneration and regulation. This paper investigates legal discrimination against providers of domestic labour in South Africa, especially at home involving women in relationships and domestic workers. This […]

Research report

Care in households and communities: Background paper on conceptual issues

07/10/2013

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s initiative ‘Innovations in Care’ aims to support development, humanitarian and advocacy practitioners to work more effectively on care issues. Care is understood as a major issue in promoting women’s human rights, empowerment and overcoming poverty and inequality. This paper clarifies the main conceptual issues, overlapping terms and debates relevant for local programming and research […]

Guidelines and toolkits

The Care-Responsiveness Barometer: A framework to plan, measure and improve the care-responsiveness of policies, investments and institutions

13/09/2021

2 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work, paid, unpaid or underpaid, is a critical social and economic good. There is a need to place it at the core of all policy decisions and investments in development work, as well as across institutions. The Care-Responsiveness Barometer has been developed as a guiding tool for all institutions to plan, measure and improve […]

Journal article

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

31/08/2022

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Briefing paper

Time to Care for Care Workers: Ending the domestic workers’ exploitation

29/10/2026

5 documents

51 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Care work sustains homes, societies and economies, yet domestic workers remain among the least protected workers in the world. This paper argues that domestic work is work like any other and is indispensable and that states must treat care as a human right and public good, not a private responsibility or market commodity. It examines […]

Briefing note

Unpaid Care – Why and How to Invest: Policy briefing for national governments

12/01/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Investments which support households to better meet their unpaid care responsibilities – such as childcare, food preparation and laundry – can yield substantial returns in terms of macro-economic growth, job creation and other key government priorities. This briefing looks at selected evidence and examples and argues that governments should: include commitments to support households’ unpaid […]

Research report

Unseen Work, Unmet Needs: Exploring the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity in unpaid care labor and paid labor in the U.S.

25/04/2024

2 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam America and Prosperity Now have embarked on a comprehensive joint research project to explore the dynamics of women’s paid and unpaid labor in the US, particularly for women of color, who are disproportionately affected by the dual impact of paid work and unpaid care responsibilities. This report adopts an intersectional lens to delve into […]

Briefing note

Care, Poverty, and Coronavirus Across Britain

28/04/2020

1 documents

29 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Carers, paid and unpaid, are at the forefront of our response to the Coronavirus, putting themselves at risk to protect us all. Yet, if you are a carer, for adults or children, you are more likely to be living in poverty. This is not right. This briefing note updates our Make Care Count report which […]

Showing 445 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Care in the Time of Coronavirus: Why care work needs to be at the centre of a post-COVID-19 feminist future

25/06/2020

7 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

New research by Oxfam and partners reveals that while COVID-19 and the related containment efforts have caused increases in women’s – and men’s – unpaid care workloads, women are still doing the bulk of this work. Women living in poverty, single mothers and essential workers as well as those belonging to minority racial and ethnic […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Care Principles and Care-Responsiveness Barometer: Guidelines and toolkit for international financial institutions (IFIs)

06/12/2021

2 documents

84 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The architecture of development finance lacks a care perspective despite strong commitments to gender equality goals. The Care Principles and Care-Responsiveness Barometer have been developed as guiding tools for international financial institutions (IFIs) to promote, measure and improve the care-responsiveness of all their operations.

Journal article

‘My mother was a kitchen girl’: legal and policy responses to the problem of care for women who provide care in South Africa

31/08/2022

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘My mother was a kitchen girl’: legal and policy responses to the problem of care for women who provide care in South Africa

Keywords

Overview

Domestic labour or care work creates the conditions through which other labour can occur, however, the value that this work provides is scarcely recognised when lawmakers consider its remuneration and regulation. This paper investigates legal discrimination against providers of domestic labour in South Africa, especially at home involving women in relationships and domestic workers. This […]

Research report

Care in households and communities: Background paper on conceptual issues

07/10/2013

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s initiative ‘Innovations in Care’ aims to support development, humanitarian and advocacy practitioners to work more effectively on care issues. Care is understood as a major issue in promoting women’s human rights, empowerment and overcoming poverty and inequality. This paper clarifies the main conceptual issues, overlapping terms and debates relevant for local programming and research […]

Guidelines and toolkits

The Care-Responsiveness Barometer: A framework to plan, measure and improve the care-responsiveness of policies, investments and institutions

13/09/2021

2 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work, paid, unpaid or underpaid, is a critical social and economic good. There is a need to place it at the core of all policy decisions and investments in development work, as well as across institutions. The Care-Responsiveness Barometer has been developed as a guiding tool for all institutions to plan, measure and improve […]

Journal article

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

31/08/2022

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Briefing paper

Time to Care for Care Workers: Ending the domestic workers’ exploitation

29/10/2026

5 documents

51 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Care work sustains homes, societies and economies, yet domestic workers remain among the least protected workers in the world. This paper argues that domestic work is work like any other and is indispensable and that states must treat care as a human right and public good, not a private responsibility or market commodity. It examines […]

Briefing note

Unpaid Care – Why and How to Invest: Policy briefing for national governments

12/01/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Investments which support households to better meet their unpaid care responsibilities – such as childcare, food preparation and laundry – can yield substantial returns in terms of macro-economic growth, job creation and other key government priorities. This briefing looks at selected evidence and examples and argues that governments should: include commitments to support households’ unpaid […]

Research report

Unseen Work, Unmet Needs: Exploring the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity in unpaid care labor and paid labor in the U.S.

25/04/2024

2 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam America and Prosperity Now have embarked on a comprehensive joint research project to explore the dynamics of women’s paid and unpaid labor in the US, particularly for women of color, who are disproportionately affected by the dual impact of paid work and unpaid care responsibilities. This report adopts an intersectional lens to delve into […]

Briefing note

Care, Poverty, and Coronavirus Across Britain

28/04/2020

1 documents

29 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Carers, paid and unpaid, are at the forefront of our response to the Coronavirus, putting themselves at risk to protect us all. Yet, if you are a carer, for adults or children, you are more likely to be living in poverty. This is not right. This briefing note updates our Make Care Count report which […]