So much of the work that millions of Asian women do is invisible: here’s how to change that and value unpaid care

Myrah Nerine ButtGender, Research, Women's Economic Empowerment

The huge economic contribution of women carers in Asia and the Pacific remains invisible, undervalued and unsupported by governments. Changing that means better research, investment in public services, and including carers in policy making, say Myrah Nerine Butt and Saleha Shah

Migrant women are raising their voices against an unjust childcare system: it’s time to listen to them

Veronica DeutschGender, Influencing, Women's Economic Empowerment

Whether depriving nannies of labour rights, or locking mothers out of child benefit, the UK can be a callous place for migrant childcare workers and parents, says Veronica Deutsch. And the battle to reform the childcare system starts by listening to the women affected.

Asian countries are making women and carers pay a painful price for austerity

Myrah Nerine ButtResearch, Violence Against Women and Girls, Women's Economic Empowerment

A recent analysis by Oxfam ranked Asia as the worst global region for investment in public services. In our final blog for the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, Myrah Nerine Butt spells out how such economic policy choices add up to structural violence against Asian women

Podcast – Hindou’s Journey: Climate, COVID and Care

Power in the Pandemic PodcastClimate Change, Indigenous People

“You can’t speak about us, without us” –  Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim This is the first episode of a new mini-series, in collaboration with the Climate, COVID, and Care: Feminist Journeys zine which launched on the 24th of August, 2020. This publication is a collection of journeys, stories, and ideas from five feminist activists working at the intersection of gender and climate justice. …

For women’s economic empowerment we need more caring men

Nina FordGender, Her Series, Women's Economic Empowerment

In this latest instalment to our Her Series, we take a look at the part men can play in unpaid care.  Nina Ford from Promundo-US, shares with us her views. hile women are participating in the global labour market at higher rates than ever before, they continue to take on two to ten times more unpaid care work than men …