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Caring under COVID-19: How the pandemic is (and is not) changing unpaid care and domestic work responsibilities in the United States

July 29, 2020

The study reveals findings from a rapid poll exploring the gendered and racial impacts of COVID-19 on unpaid care work, which was part of MenCare: A Global Fatherhood Campaign. The report demonstrates how COVID-19 has brought an unprecedented crisis of care in the United States, with a particular workload being taken on by women as a group, and Black, Latinx, and Asian individuals.

Care in the time of coronavirus: Why care work needs to be at the centre of a post-COVID-19 feminist future

June 25, 2020

New research by Oxfam and partners reveals that while COVID-19 and the related containment efforts have caused increases in women’s – and men’s – unpaid care workloads, women are still doing the bulk of this work.

Unlocking sustainable development in Africa by addressing unpaid care and domestic work

February 3, 2020

Across Africa, ambitions to achieve inclusive and sustainable development are being undermined by inadequate investment in the care economy. Women and girls are providing millions of hours of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) – a provision which props up the economy and underpins society, yet remains under-recognized, undervalued and under-invested in.

Time to care: Unpaid and underpaid care work and the global inequality crisis

January 20, 2020

Economic inequality is out of control. In 2019, the world’s billionaires, only 2,153 people, had more wealth than 4.6 billion people. This great divide is based on a flawed and sexist economic system that values the wealth of the privileged few, mostly men, more than the billions of hours of the most essential work – the unpaid and underpaid care work done primarily by women and girls around the world.

Findings from a WE-Care Project final evaluation

January 17, 2020

The evaluation findings show that in two years of implementation, the project was successful in reducing women’s time on care tasks and in promoting recognition of unpaid care in policies at local level. It also made considerable progress towards more gender-equitable distribution of care work, contributing towards shifting both norms and behaviour around unpaid care and domestic work.

Addressing unpaid care to close the gender gap in the Philippines and Zimbabwe: The Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care Project Report (2016–2019)

January 17, 2020

The report celebrates the successes of the project and the communities the project has supported, and recognizes the unique contributions of its partners in the Philippines and Zimbabwe. It highlights challenges the project has faced and overcome and documents key lessons to guide future unpaid care programming.

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care Mid-Term Evaluation Report: Philippines

December 9, 2019

Overall, the evaluation finds that there is evidence unpaid care work is being reduced and redistributed. However, more sustained effort may be needed to shift social norms regarding who performs care work before awareness can be translated into positive behaviour. Nonetheless, efforts on recognition and representation are gaining more traction among people in the community.

Gendered patterns of unpaid care and domestic work in the urban informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from a Household Care Survey in 2019

November 19, 2019

In 2018–2019, Oxfam's Women's Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme conducted a Household Care Survey (HCS) in five informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya, to understand the gendered patterns of unpaid care and domestic work across these communities.

Understanding norms around the gendered divisions of labour: Results from focus group discussions in the Philippines

October 28, 2019

This report summarizes the main findings from the qualitative research conducted as part of the WE-Care (Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care) programme in the second half of 2017 to support on the identification of the main social norms related to unpaid care and domestic work.

Business briefing on unpaid care and domestic work: Why unpaid care by women and girls matters to business, and how companies can address it

June 4, 2019

This Oxfam/Unilever Business Briefing shares complementary learning and insights gleaned from working on unpaid care and domestic work with communities and consumers around the world, and with businesses and brands to share emerging good practice and evidence.