Care work is essential but remains unpaid, undervalued, and unequally distributed. This policy ensures that care and domestic labour are shared and supported.
Care work is essential but remains unpaid, undervalued, and unequally distributed. This policy ensures that care and domestic labour are shared and supported.
Remember: Policy instruments are the means by which governments can achieve the degrowth goals/objectives we urgently need!
💡 Translation: Care work should be shared, not just left to women and marginalised groups.
👨👩👧 Introduce incentives for men to take on more care responsibilities.
🏡 Expand community volunteering in care sectors.
💰 Fund pensions and social security based on unpaid care work.
💡 Translation: Care should be affordable, community-led, and high quality.
🏡 Support cooperative and community-led care solutions.
🏛 Ensure care services are accessible and not profit-driven.
💥 Reproductive and care work should not be a private burden—it is a collective responsibility.
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