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Participatory methodology: Rapid Care Analysis
Oxfam, 2013Although care is at heart a public good, responsibility for unpaid care work falls predominantly on women, contributing to their extreme poverty and social exclusion.DocumentA feminist political economy analysis of public policies related to care: a thematic review.
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013Produced as part of the IDS Evidence Report series, this thematic review summarises the literature on feminist political economy analysis of public policies related to care, specifically unpaid care work. The review frames unpaid care work as both essential for society, and neglected by public policy.DocumentGetting unpaid care onto development agendas.
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013This IDS Policy Brief from January 2013 focuses on getting unpaid care onto the development agenda.DocumentReport of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights (UN General Assembly, sixty-eighth session)
United Nations General Assembly, 2013Despite being a major barrier to the enjoyment of full economic and social rights for women, the issue of unpaid care work has received little attention from states, and even human rights organisations.DocumentThe post-2015 development framework and the realisation of women’s rights and social justice
Rutgers University, 2012This paper offers the authors’ reflections on the post-2015 development framework, including the strengths and weaknesses of the MDGs, what has changed since 2000, and the challenges of the post-2015 period. While the MDGs helped people to hold their governments to account, they had a range of weaknesses which are listed by the authors.DocumentMen Who Care: A multi country qualitative study of men in non traditional care giving roles
International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2012What hinders men's involvement in care work? What encourages it? Who are the men who are doing more than the average and are taking on care work as a key part of their lives? How do men understand and describe their participation in activities that traditionally seen as female roles, both in the home and in the work setting?DocumentImpact of the food, fuel, and financial crises on the philippine labor market
Brandeis University, 2010How has the 2008-2009 global financial crisis and coinciding surges in international food and fuel prices impacted the Philippine labour market? This in-depth study answers this question, focusing on gendered outcomes. It does so by analysing gender-disaggregated data on education, employment and pay in various sectors.DocumentCarework and caring: A path to gender equitable practices among men in South Africa?
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2011To what degree can carework help men to foster gender equitable attitudes and pDocumentAlleviating the Burden of Responsibility: Report on a Study of Men as Providers of Community-Based HIV/AIDS Care and Support in Lesotho
Lesotho Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, 2009What do the people of Lesotho think about gender and HIV/AIDS? This article describes the perspectives of people participating in and potentially affected by gender and HIV/AIDS healthcare initiatives.DocumentBriefs: the impact of the crisis on women
Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2009Women are at the centre of the fallout from the systemic crisis, which combines distinct interlocked crises: a global economic recession, the devastating effects of climate change, and a deepening food and energy crisis. This series of briefs from AWID presents different sub-regional perspectives on the impacts of the crisis on women’s rights.Pages