Resources on Care Economy
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Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions
Tackling gender segregation: How a new policy tool can finally help bring about change
06 March 2024
In the world of work, men and women are often segregated by their type of work, one main reason that women suffered more job losses during the COVID-19 crisis than men. Now, a joint program of UN Women and the ILO has developed a new tool to help policymakers rethink the design of sectoral policies and make informed decisions on where to invest to have a greater impact on gender equality.
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UN Women - ILO Policy Tool
Assessing the employment situation in five countries and promoting a gender responsive structural transformation
09 February 2024
A consolidated report on lessons learned and policy insights
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UN Women - ILO Policy Tool
Social accounting matrix-based analysis of gendered employment sectoral strategies in Ethiopia
09 February 2024
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UN Women - ILO Policy Tool
Gendered employment analysis and policy recommendations in Ethiopia
09 February 2024
Evidence from Hawassa and Yirgalem Intergrated Industrial Parks
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Publication
Public investment in care services in Argentina. Coverage of deficits, employment generation, fiscal efforts and economic impacts
17 July 2023
Based on the methodology developed by ILO-UN Women (2021), this study provides the results of an exercise to estimate the deficits in meeting the demand for care in the country (coverage and quality, including staff working conditions) for each of the sub-sectors (education, health and long-term care), as well as the investments needed to reverse this, and the economic and employment implications of expanding and strengthening care policies in a comprehensive manner in a future scenario up to 2030.
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News
ILO launches Global Care Policy Portal and Care Policy Investment Simulator
07 March 2023
ILO hopes these new tools will encourage the investment needed to support the two billion people still without adequate maternity and paternity support, parental leave and childcare services.
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Event
The New ILO Care Policy Investment Simulator: Technological innovation to promote gender-transformative investments in the care economy
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Technical note
ILO care policy investment simulator: Technical note
07 March 2023
This Technical Note provides guidance on how to use the online ILO Care Policy Investment Simulator by explaining the underlying methodology, calculations and results. The Simulator helps build tailor-made care policy investment packages to fill national gaps on care leave policies and services, as a means of advancing the ILO transformative agenda for gender equality and non-discrimination.
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UN Women - ILO Joint Programme
Technical workshop on Care, Decent Work and Macroeconomic Policy
This technical workshop will showcase results of the UN Women and - ILO Joint Programme collaboration, inform on key lessons learnt, share innovative approaches, and reflect on issues and strategic future perspectives on care, decent work and macroeconomic policy.
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International Women's Day 2022
Princess Sarah Culberson: Invest in the care economy for a better gender equal world
11 March 2022
In celebrating International Women's Week, author, humanitarian and global public speaker, Princess Sarah Culberson of Sierra Leone, joins the ILO to call on countries to invest in the care economy and transformative policies to shape a better future and achieve the SDGs in 2030.