Policy Brief on Care Economy
The care economy involves a wide range of paid and unpaid work activities for providing direct and indirect care for primarily care-dependent populations, such as children, older people, people with disabilities, and those who are ill. It also involves providing care for working individuals. A significant proportion of care work is unpaid, done in households by women and girls. Paid care work in social, domestic, and personal services, as well as in the education and health sectors, is predominantly the preserve of women.
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Bibliographic information
Subject areas:
Care and support services
Economic empowerment
Gender stereotypes
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Unpaid work
Resource type(s):
Policy papers
UN Women office publishing:
Ethiopia Country Office
Publication year
2024
Number of pages
4
Publishing entity/ies:
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
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09/09/2024