TIME TO CARE : Unpaid and Underpaid care work and the global inequality crisis

dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-20T10:02:40Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-20T10:02:40Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://182.71.188.10:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1225
dc.description	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 carework done primarily by women and girls around the world. Tending to others, cooking, cleaningandfetching water and firewood are essential daily tasks for the wellbeing of societies, communities and the functioning of the economy. The heavy and unequal responsibility of care work perpetuates gender and economic inequalities. This has to change. Governments around the world must act now to build a human economy that is feminist and values what truly matters tosociety, rather than fuelling an endless pursuit of profit and wealth. Investing in national care systems to address the disproportionate responsibility for care work done by women and girls andintroducing progressive taxation, includingtaxing wealthand legislating in favour of carers, are possible and crucial first steps	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Oxfam International	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	OXFAM	en_US
dc.subject	Inequality Crisis	en_US
dc.subject	Value of Care	en_US
dc.subject	Care Worker Deficit	en_US
dc.subject	Time to Care	en_US
dc.subject	Unpaid Care Work	en_US
dc.title	TIME TO CARE : Unpaid and Underpaid care work and the global inequality crisis	en_US
dc.type	Technical Report	en_US