02.07.24
UN New York / HLPF - Register now to join us online at this yearâs High Level Political Forum side-event.
đ July 11 â 9:30-11:00 am New York / 3:30-5:00 pm Paris
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Feminist economists have long established the linkages between unpaid care work and womenâs specific vulnerability to poverty, especially those of mothers. The disproportionate impact that the multiple and mutually reinforcing global crises has on women and girls is also increasingly recognised. Climate change; armed conflicts affecting all worldâs regions and resulting migration; inflation and the cost-of-living crisis; the deepening debt crisis and resulting austerity measures; the ageing population and the looming care crisis: all tend to increase, directly or indirectly, the unpaid domestic and care work that is mostly done by women and girls, thereby exacerbating pre-existing gender inequalities.
However, while the Covid-19 pandemic put the spotlight on care and how essential it is for sustaining our families, communities, society and the economy, the inter-linkages between unpaid care work and those crises are less visible and often ignored by decision makers.
The event will bring together experts and practitioners from different backgrounds to shed light on these links and the role of women as âshock absorbersâ during crises. It will also discuss how pre-existing policies and practices in recognising, redistributing and supporting care work can enhance womenâs resilience, and examine possible solutions and how taking a âcare lensâ to policymaking in responding to crises could help redress or at least mitigate their impacts on womenâs unpaid care work.
Welcome and introduction
Panel
Q&A
Closing
Note: interpretation in French will be provided.
â See also MMM’s written statement to the 2024 HLPF on Addressing crises through a care lens
This webinar is an online side-event to the 2024 UN High-Level Political Forum, which will be held 8 -18 July at the UN headquarters in New York, with the theme ‘Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions’.
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