COVID‐19 and a “crisis of care”: A feminist analysis of public policy responses to paid and unpaid care and domestic work

Elena Camilletti and Zahrah Nesbitt‐ahmed

International Labour Review, 2022, vol. 161, issue 2, 195-218

Abstract: The COVID‐19 pandemic has highlighted gender inequalities, increasing the amount of unpaid care weighing on women and girls, and the vulnerabilities faced by paid care workers, often women working informally. Using a global database on social protection responses to COVID‐19 that focuses on social assistance, social insurance and labour market programmes, this article considers whether and how these responses have integrated care considerations. Findings indicate that, although many responses addressed at least one aspect of care (paid or unpaid), very few countries have addressed both types of care, prompting a discussion of the implications of current policy responses to COVID‐19 (and beyond) through a care lens.

Date: 2022
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