Resources on Care Economy

  1. Infographic

    Towards Dignity and Autonomy: A Comprehensive Look at Personal Assistance Policies for Persons with Disabilities Worldwide

    29 February 2024

    This infographic presents the findings from a review of personal assistance policies and practices from across the world and formulates recommendations on how to ensure that personal assistance promote full inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in community, including by improving the working conditions of assistants. This research is a product of the cooperation between the International Labour Organisation and the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL).to take an active role in its provision and that has a long-lasting impact on their rights. Looking into personal assistance services globally may shed light on how to structure care and support services to reduce inequalities.

  2. Towards Dignity and Autonomy

    A Comprehensive Look at Personal Assistance Policies for Persons with Disabilities Worldwide

    29 February 2024

    The report presents the findings from a review of personal assistance policies and practices from across the world and formulates recommendations on how to ensure that personal assistance promote full inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in community, including by improving the working conditions of assistants. This research is a product of the cooperation between the International Labour Organisation and the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL).to take an active role in its provision and that has a long-lasting impact on their rights. Looking into personal assistance services globally may shed light on how to structure care and support services to reduce inequalities.

  3. Publication

    Empowering for Independence: Building High Quality Personal Assistance Services for Persons with Disabilities

    29 February 2024

    This factsheet focuses on the provision of personal assistance, as a support service that enables persons with disabilities to take an active role in its provision and that has a long-lasting impact on their rights. Looking into personal assistance services globally may shed light on how to structure care and support services to reduce inequalities.

  4. © A. Guyot / ILO 2024

    Voices

    I am not a madman, I am an early childhood teacher

    06 September 2022

    Federico Trotta has overcome prejudice and stigma to become an early childhood teacher in Buenos Aires, Argentina – a profession that many believe is a “feminine” career.

  5. © ILO 2024

    Gender equality

    Women in the health and care sector earn 24 per cent less than men

    13 July 2022

    The most comprehensive global analysis of gender pay inequalities in the health and care sector finds that women face a larger gender pay gap than other economic sectors.

  6. © Gloria Mbuya 2024

    Gender equality

    How to strengthen gender measures and data in the COVID-19 era

    01 March 2021

    The COVID-19 pandemic has hit sectors where women are over-represented the hardest: tourism, retail, the care economy. Yet the pandemic has also exposed data collection gaps that undermine our ability to craft effective policy responses.

  7. Publication

    The Employment Generation Impact of Meeting SDG Targets in Early Childhood Care, Education, Health and Long- Term Care in 45 Countries

    19 December 2019

  8. Publication

    The Unpaid Care Work and the Labour Market. An analysis of time use data based on the latest World Compilation of Time-use Surveys

    19 December 2019

  9. Report

    The impact of HIV on care work and the care workforce

    10 December 2019

    This publication provides an overview of the gaps and challenges in six sub-Saharan African countries (Liberia, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia). By providing a picture of front-line prevention and treatment policies, this working paper assesses the socio-economic consequences of low antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage as well as the key role of the health workforce in international testing and treatment targets (90-90-90). The impact of HIV on caregivers’ working status and their employment opportunities is also reviewed through an empirical analysis.

  10. Executive summary

    Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work [Summary]

    28 June 2018

    This report takes a comprehensive look at unpaid and paid care work and its relationship with the changing world of work. A key focus is the persistent gender inequalities in households and the labour market, which are inextricably linked with care work.