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    Sharing of Housework and Childcare in Contemporary Japan

    2008
    How is the division of childcare and housework between Japanese women and men changing?
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    The Equal Sharing of Responsibilities Between Women and Men, Including Care-giving in the Context of HIV/AIDS

    2008
    How can we explain why care-giving responsibilities are not equally shared between men and women? Although analysing the private sphere can help account for such inequalities it is also important to understand how wider ideologies and belief systems, and inadequacies of policy and politics, also shape the way care-giving is constructed and determine the gender division of responsibilities.
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    Rethinking Care, Gender Inequality and Policies

    2008
    Care is a personal service that requires presence. Without lowering standards, the productivity of caring cannot be raised substantially through mass production. People who need care cannot in general be flexible about when and where that care is provided. The need for care and the ability to provide it are both unequally distributed and do not tend not to go together.
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    Gender and Care Cutting Edge Pack

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    Providing care can be both a source of fulfilment and a terrible burden. For women and girls in particular, their socially prescribed role as carers can undermine their rights and limit their opportunities, capabilities and choices - posing a fundamental obstacle to gender equality and well-being.
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    Gender and Development In Brief ‘Gender and Care’ – edition 20

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    In Brief is a six page newsletter that aims to stimulate thinking on a priority gender theme. This edition focuses on gender and care, starting with an overview and recommendations followed by two distinctive case studies highlighting practical responses to key issues.
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    Gender and Care: Supporting Resources Collection

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    This Supporting Resources Collection show-cases existing work on gender and care. It presents summaries and links to key texts, tools and case studies which provide further information on the five main questions addressed in the BRIDGE Gender and Care Overview Report: How can we prompt a re-conceptualisation of care as something that is valuable and productive?
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    From Conciliation to Coresponsibility: Good Practice and Recommendations

    Instituto de la Mujer, 2007
    This document was researched and produced by the Spanish National Machinery for the Advancement of Women (Instituto de la Mujer). It identifies good practices in relation to a) promoting women's integration into the labour market, and b) encouraging men's involvement in care and domestic tasks. Building on these good practices, a comprehensive plan is outlined.
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    Caring From Within: Key Findings and Policy Recommendations on Home-based Care in Zimbabwe

    Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information and Dissemination Service, 2009
    In Zimbabwe, as in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, home-based care (HBC) plays a vital role in the response to HIV, as overwhelmed public health systems fail to meet care needs. Traditionally, the care-giving role has been performed by women, although male participation has increased moderately in recent years as a result of deliberate efforts by HBC programmes.
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    Gendered Home-based Care in South Africa: More Trouble for the Troubled

    African Journals Online - AJOL, 2006
    This study investigates the experiences of primary care-givers of people living with HIV in two semi-rural communities in South Africa. Ethnographic methods were used to collect and analyse data on the gendered nature and consequences of care-giving.
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    Baba: Men and Fatherhood in South Africa

    HSRC Press, 2006
    What does it mean to be a father in South Africa? Is it important for fathers to do more for children in a world that assumes that mothers take the primary parenting role? What evidence is there of new fatherhood styles emerging in South Africa? This book provides answers to some of the most difficult questions about fatherhood in South Africa.

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