The profound impact that the unequal distribution of responsibility for unpaid care work has on women’s and girls’ empowerment and full participation in the society and the economy is acknowledged in the 2030 Development Agenda in the standalone goal 5 on achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment and its specific target to recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work.
Results show that the SDC’s and its partners’ interventions substantially reduce women’s time for unpaid care work and support their economic empowerment
SDC Gender Guidance Sheet - Gender and Unpaid Care Work (2017)
This guidance sheet outlines key issues regarding unpaid care work, and how these can be integrated into the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of cooperation strategies and project interventions.
Gendernet Newsletter 2017-03 Gender and Unpaid Care Work (2017)
SDC/Helvetas Practical Guidance - Unpaid Care Work (2017)
There is no one single solution to address the unequal distribution of unpaid care worwithin society and between women and men. Different mixes of public and private responses may be proposed depending on contextual factors including questions of economic development, politics and culture. These may also need to be adapted over time, in response to changes related to livelihood strategies, climate change, migration patterns, etc.
This report aims to shed light on how governments, donors the private sector and civil society actors – among others – can design policies to support both those who need care and those who provide care. Emphasising the links between unpaid care work, gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, the report brings together existing knowledge of policy options for unpaid care work across regions, in four policy areas: infrastructure, social protection, public services and promotion of shared responsibility within the household.
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