Resources on Care Economy

Report

Youth labour market resilience during the COVID-19 crisis in three middle-income countries

02 March 2022

Young people have been especially hard hit by the COVID-19 crisis. Despite support provided by governments, many young people had to rely on their individual capabilities and resources to adapt and react to these difficult times.

Online

Gender-responsive employment policies for a job-rich and fair recovery

A new generation of gender-responsive employment policies can play an important role to promote an inclusive and job-rich recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. This webinar will bring together experts and policymakers from different regions to share knowledge on how they have produced specific diagnostics on how women and men have been impacted by the crisis, and the ways in which they have progressed in implementing gender-responsive policies.

Policy brief

An uneven and gender-unequal COVID-19 recovery: Update on gender and employment trends 2021

26 October 2021

The COVID-19 crisis caused unprecedented job losses, hitting women the hardest, particularly in middle-income countries. The COVID-19 recovery is proving both uneven and gender-unequal, as women’s employment recovery is lagging behind men’s.

Work-life balance

Working mothers squeezed out of labour force by COVID-19

30 November 2020

Families are making tough decisions about who keeps their paid job and who quits to provide the unpaid care needed at home during the COVID-19 crisis. Mainly it is women who are sacrificing their careers.

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Investment in care workers is critical now and beyond COVID-19

05 November 2020

The home and institution-based care sector is facing severe challenges in many countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sustainable investments in health and social care systems, workforces, and in decent working conditions are needed to ensure preparedness and resilience in times of crisis and beyond.

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers

ILO welcomes G20 commitment to inclusive, employment-focused recovery from COVID-19 crisis

10 September 2020

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting Declaration puts the focus on decent work, women and youth.

ILO Policy brief

A gender-responsive employment recovery: Building back fairer

24 July 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the entrenched gender inequalities that plague labour markets. Building back fairer will only be possible by tackling these inequalities head on during the emergency and recovery phases.

COVID-19 and gender equality

COVID-19: G7 nations need to get gender equality right for a better future for women at work

14 May 2020

Fighting deep-rooted gender inequality must be part of countries’ responses to the crisis, says high-level meeting on the role of women in the post-COVID future.

UN Women – ILO Joint Programme

Promoting decent employment for women through inclusive growth policies and investments in care

04 May 2020

The UN Women - ILO Joint Programme aims to promote decent work for women through inclusive growth policies and investments in the care economy. The Joint Programme stands ready to support governments and social partners in implementing gender-sensitive policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis and recovery phase. In these critical times, it is a demonstration of how the United Nations as One is working towards a gender-equitable future.