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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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    Global Dimensions of Gender and Carework

    Stanford University Press, 2006
    How has globalisation affected women's traditional work of unpaid caring, as well as their employment in jobs that incorporate these same tasks? Why are so many migrant women going into jobs that involve forms of care work? What happens to the care of their own families when women leave?
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    Promoting the Rights of Women Migrant Domestic Workers in Arab States: The Case of Lebanon

    International Labour Organization, 2008
    Thousands of women leave their homes each year to work as domestic workers in the Arab world with the hope of securing a better economic future. Some have their dreams fulfilled; others find themselves in a financial and emotional bind.
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    Preventing Discrimination, Exploitation and Abuse of Women Migrant Workers: An Information Guide?, Booklet 4: Working and Living Abroad,

    International Labour Organization, 2003
    Why are women migrant domestic workers vulnerable to discrimination, exploitation and abuse? What actions are needed to prevent violations of their basic human rights? This clear and practical information booklet outlines the main types of discrimination, exploitation and abuse experienced by women migrants, with a focus on migrant domestic workers.
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    Beyond Unpaid Caregiving: Strategic Partnering to Support and Sustain Grassroots Women's Groups? Home-Based Care Work (in the context of HIV)

    Huairou Commission, 2008
    While the need for, and existence of, home-based care provision has expanded rapidly across the world, it has received little serious attention or support from governments or donors. ?Home-based care? (HBC) for people living with HIV or AIDS includes all the care-related tasks carried out by members of a household where one or more person is sick.
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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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    Political and Social Economy of Care: Republic of Korea

    2008
    Since 1990, many East Asian countries have extended and strengthened their welfare states in response to the increased demand for social welfare and to imperatives arising from changes in their countries' social, economic, and demographic structures.
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    Social Care Needs and Service Provisions in Arab States: Bringing Care Work into Focus in Lebanon

    International Labour Organization, 2009
    Care needs in Lebanon are being affected by: cuts in public social spending; changes in demographics, family and household structures; and increasing participation of women in the labour force. Yet in the face of these changes, one constant that remains is the expectation that women should assume the customary role of unpaid care providers.
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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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