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Investing in the care economy: A step-by-step guide for measuring gaps, costs, and returns on investing in care services...

Care is vital for people, communities, economies, and ecosystems, yet global care systems face gaps and inequalities. This publication gives policymakers a tool to analyze paid car...

The care economy is aging

At 3 a.m., in the midst of labor, a doula we’ll call Renee stepped into the hallway to steady herself. She had been supporting a laboring client for nearly 12 hours. The room wa...

Who Cares for Aging America? Still, Overwhelmingly, Women

Women continue to provide the majority—61 percent—of unpaid caregiving in this country. They are the appointment schedulers, medication managers, financial coordinators and emotion...

In Latin America, we’re not just recognizing care work – we’re rebuilding economies around it

Discover how Latin America is leading a care revolution by recognising and valuing the care work that women and girls shoulder.

EAM-PC Suggests Overhaul Of Care Sector Frameworks

In its working paper, the EAC-PM has also called for directing the corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds towards care sector projects. “It has also suggested setting up a “ca...

How financial independence can grow the care economy

At First Women’s Bank, we’ve spent a lot of time analyzing the care economy. What we have observed is that the healthcare sector has emerged as more than just a category; it is a c...

A new proposal wants Canada to fund care systems the same way it funds pipelines

CanWCC is pushing to get the care economy added to Canada's Major Projects Office portfolio

Britain's shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers? | Frances Ryan

Carer’s allowance turns 50 this year, but it’s no reflection of the labour of the millions who cook, clean and nurse behind closed doorsImagine your house is on fire, and when you...

A New Way to Bring Down Childcare Costs

Η κυβέρνηση συζητά για ευαίσθητες κοινωνικές δομές με όρους αγοράς και οικονομίας

Η Κατερίνα Νοτοπούλου τόνισε ότι η στήριξη και η φροντίδα παιδιών, ηλικιωμένων και Ατόμων με Αναπηρία, είναι θεμελιώδης υποχρέωση της Πολιτείας

Why India Needs A National Care Policy Beyond The Annual Union Budget

Budget 2026-27 proves that piecemeal allocations aren't enough. It is time for India to recognize care as a collective social responsibility. The post Why India Needs A National Ca...

Care for the Elderly

PORTLAND, USA, April 15 (IPS) - Who should be responsible for providing care and covering expenses for the elderly? Should it be governments, the elderly themselves, their familie...

Mothers in Wisconsin and Denmark face vastly different childcare realities

When Katy Dicks’s two children were both in childcare programs, she and her partner would dread sitting down each month to have the hard conversations about which bills would go on...

‘We’re struggling’: Caregivers are feeling the financial squeeze, report says

Canada’s caregivers are being financially squeezed as they try to balance having a career with taking care of loved ones who need them, a recent survey shows.

Over-50s Are Finding a Meaningful Second Act in Care Work

Retiring by the age of 54 was not in Denys Andrianjafy’s original life plan. But after a series of strokes triggered ongoing health issues, including temporary blindness, nerve pai...

Too few childcare workers and the extreme cost of childcare are hardest on rural families. Utah is an example.

The childcare shortage is more dire inrural areas. (Photo by Kracken, Unsplash)Across the U.S., roughly 51% of American families live in a childcare desert, and 70% of rural parent...

The cost of being: A mum about to transition from paid to unpaid parental leave

As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a nurse on paid parental leave explains her family’s finances. Want to be part of The Cost...

New Jerseyans see high child-care costs as obstacle to work, threat to state economy

A new Rutgers–Eagleton Poll conducted for child-care advocacy group Start Strong NJ finds a sizable majority of New Jerseyans believes it is difficult to find quality, affordable c...

Why Scotland's 400,000 unpaid carers of working age deserve a better deal

The issue of unpaid carers is being marginalised despite its importance to Scotland’s economy, writes Dr Louise Lawson

Twenty Years Of Unpaid Care: Why ASHA Workers Are Still Fighting For Wages

Many ASHA and other scheme workers are the primary breadwinners for their families. The notion that their income is secondary is not only condescending but also incorrect. The post...

Cash-in-Hand in Honduras’ Informal Economy

Informality is a growing phenomenon in the global South, specifically in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). While almost everyone must work out of necessity, not a...

Family Caregivers Provide Over $1 Trillion In Care Annually

Family and friends provide billions of hours of mostly unpaid care for adults with disabilities and other conditions across the U.S. A new report finds the value of such care tops...

Caregiving has become so crazy expensive that it’s financially devastating to most families

Only the wealthiest Americans can bear the costs of long-term care, new research found

Health Care Jobs Won't Save Us

The 'surefire path to American prosperity' is mostly for educated women.