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‘Care is not a burden’: a 7-4-7 framework of action for operationalising the Triple R

31/08/2022

23 pages long

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‘Care is not a burden’: a 7-4-7 framework of action for operationalising the Triple R

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Our research on government policy responses to address the increase in women’s unpaid care and domestic work during COVID-19, across 59 countries of Asia and the Pacific, shows that less than 30 per cent of measures are care-sensitive and of these only 12 per cent are gender-differentiated. From this analysis, this paper proposes a care-integral […]

Briefing note

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

12/01/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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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

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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

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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 […]

Journal article

Caregivers at the frontline of addressing the climate crisis

10/12/2020

19 pages long

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Caregivers at the frontline of addressing the climate crisis

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This article draws on Oxfam’s work in Pakistan. It explores the burdens of addressing the climate crisis on the unpaid labour of poverty-stricken women in Badin, Pakistan. A case study methodology has been used to highlight the experiences of four women farmers in Badin and understand the impact of climate change on their care workload. […]

Briefing note

Who Cares for Carers? The importance of securing land rights for those at the frontlines of climate-induced land degradation

14/08/2026

1 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Climate-induced land degradation is often framed as an environmental challenge, but it is also a crisis of care and inequality. As droughts, floods, and other climate impacts intensify, the people who sustain ecosystems, food systems and rural livelihoods face growing burdens while frequently lacking secure rights to the land they depend on. Women in rural […]

Research report

Cash Cropping and Care: How cash crop development is changing gender relations and unpaid care work in Oromia, Ethiopia

07/12/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world and prone to both natural and man-made disasters. More than three-quarters of the population live in rural areas and depend on agriculture. Women are particularly vulnerable, lacking access to and control over land and other resources, and facing harmful social norms. Oxfam has worked in […]

Journal article

COVID-19 – a crisis of care and what we can learn from the SEWA experience in India

31/08/2022

17 pages long

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COVID-19 – a crisis of care and what we can learn from the SEWA experience in India

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Overview

As women across the globe continue to be overburdened with child-care responsibilities owing to the closure of institutional child-care facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper attempts to posit a viable disaster-resilient model through the idea of community-based care infrastructure. Based on research conducted among parents from low-income groups, whose children attended child-care centres […]

Briefing paper

Valued: Breaking the link between paid and unpaid care, poverty and inequalities across Britain

16/04/2024

4 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

Keywords

Overview

This briefing paper shows how the undervaluation of paid and unpaid care drives poverty and inequalities across Britain, and it outlines a transformational vision for change. Every day, millions of people, mostly women, provide essential paid and unpaid care for children and disabled, ill and older people. Yet their huge contribution remains widely unseen, undervalued […]

Journal article

Home-based care for people with HIV/AIDS: Agomanya, Ghana

01/02/1994

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

From December 1987 to January 1988, a team of medical personnel from the Korle-Bu teaching hospital undertook an epidemiological study in the Krobo district to study the efficiency and potency of a Korean and Zairean herbal preparation. Findings showed that: more people with HIV/AIDS remained undetected in their homes than the number who reported in […]

Showing 444 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

‘Care is not a burden’: a 7-4-7 framework of action for operationalising the Triple R

31/08/2022

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Care is not a burden’: a 7-4-7 framework of action for operationalising the Triple R

Keywords

Overview

Our research on government policy responses to address the increase in women’s unpaid care and domestic work during COVID-19, across 59 countries of Asia and the Pacific, shows that less than 30 per cent of measures are care-sensitive and of these only 12 per cent are gender-differentiated. From this analysis, this paper proposes a care-integral […]

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 […]

Journal article

Caregivers at the frontline of addressing the climate crisis

10/12/2020

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Caregivers at the frontline of addressing the climate crisis

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on Oxfam’s work in Pakistan. It explores the burdens of addressing the climate crisis on the unpaid labour of poverty-stricken women in Badin, Pakistan. A case study methodology has been used to highlight the experiences of four women farmers in Badin and understand the impact of climate change on their care workload. […]

Briefing note

Who Cares for Carers? The importance of securing land rights for those at the frontlines of climate-induced land degradation

14/08/2026

1 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Climate-induced land degradation is often framed as an environmental challenge, but it is also a crisis of care and inequality. As droughts, floods, and other climate impacts intensify, the people who sustain ecosystems, food systems and rural livelihoods face growing burdens while frequently lacking secure rights to the land they depend on. Women in rural […]

Research report

Cash Cropping and Care: How cash crop development is changing gender relations and unpaid care work in Oromia, Ethiopia

07/12/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world and prone to both natural and man-made disasters. More than three-quarters of the population live in rural areas and depend on agriculture. Women are particularly vulnerable, lacking access to and control over land and other resources, and facing harmful social norms. Oxfam has worked in […]

Journal article

COVID-19 – a crisis of care and what we can learn from the SEWA experience in India

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 – a crisis of care and what we can learn from the SEWA experience in India

Keywords

Overview

As women across the globe continue to be overburdened with child-care responsibilities owing to the closure of institutional child-care facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper attempts to posit a viable disaster-resilient model through the idea of community-based care infrastructure. Based on research conducted among parents from low-income groups, whose children attended child-care centres […]

Briefing paper

Valued: Breaking the link between paid and unpaid care, poverty and inequalities across Britain

16/04/2024

4 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

Keywords

Overview

This briefing paper shows how the undervaluation of paid and unpaid care drives poverty and inequalities across Britain, and it outlines a transformational vision for change. Every day, millions of people, mostly women, provide essential paid and unpaid care for children and disabled, ill and older people. Yet their huge contribution remains widely unseen, undervalued […]

Journal article

Home-based care for people with HIV/AIDS: Agomanya, Ghana

01/02/1994

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

From December 1987 to January 1988, a team of medical personnel from the Korle-Bu teaching hospital undertook an epidemiological study in the Krobo district to study the efficiency and potency of a Korean and Zairean herbal preparation. Findings showed that: more people with HIV/AIDS remained undetected in their homes than the number who reported in […]

Showing 444 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

‘Care is not a burden’: a 7-4-7 framework of action for operationalising the Triple R

31/08/2022

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Care is not a burden’: a 7-4-7 framework of action for operationalising the Triple R

Keywords

Overview

Our research on government policy responses to address the increase in women’s unpaid care and domestic work during COVID-19, across 59 countries of Asia and the Pacific, shows that less than 30 per cent of measures are care-sensitive and of these only 12 per cent are gender-differentiated. From this analysis, this paper proposes a care-integral […]

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 […]

Journal article

Caregivers at the frontline of addressing the climate crisis

10/12/2020

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Caregivers at the frontline of addressing the climate crisis

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on Oxfam’s work in Pakistan. It explores the burdens of addressing the climate crisis on the unpaid labour of poverty-stricken women in Badin, Pakistan. A case study methodology has been used to highlight the experiences of four women farmers in Badin and understand the impact of climate change on their care workload. […]

Briefing note

Who Cares for Carers? The importance of securing land rights for those at the frontlines of climate-induced land degradation

14/08/2026

1 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Climate-induced land degradation is often framed as an environmental challenge, but it is also a crisis of care and inequality. As droughts, floods, and other climate impacts intensify, the people who sustain ecosystems, food systems and rural livelihoods face growing burdens while frequently lacking secure rights to the land they depend on. Women in rural […]

Research report

Cash Cropping and Care: How cash crop development is changing gender relations and unpaid care work in Oromia, Ethiopia

07/12/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world and prone to both natural and man-made disasters. More than three-quarters of the population live in rural areas and depend on agriculture. Women are particularly vulnerable, lacking access to and control over land and other resources, and facing harmful social norms. Oxfam has worked in […]

Journal article

COVID-19 – a crisis of care and what we can learn from the SEWA experience in India

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 – a crisis of care and what we can learn from the SEWA experience in India

Keywords

Overview

As women across the globe continue to be overburdened with child-care responsibilities owing to the closure of institutional child-care facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper attempts to posit a viable disaster-resilient model through the idea of community-based care infrastructure. Based on research conducted among parents from low-income groups, whose children attended child-care centres […]

Briefing paper

Valued: Breaking the link between paid and unpaid care, poverty and inequalities across Britain

16/04/2024

4 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

Keywords

Overview

This briefing paper shows how the undervaluation of paid and unpaid care drives poverty and inequalities across Britain, and it outlines a transformational vision for change. Every day, millions of people, mostly women, provide essential paid and unpaid care for children and disabled, ill and older people. Yet their huge contribution remains widely unseen, undervalued […]

Journal article

Home-based care for people with HIV/AIDS: Agomanya, Ghana

01/02/1994

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

From December 1987 to January 1988, a team of medical personnel from the Korle-Bu teaching hospital undertook an epidemiological study in the Krobo district to study the efficiency and potency of a Korean and Zairean herbal preparation. Findings showed that: more people with HIV/AIDS remained undetected in their homes than the number who reported in […]