unpaid care work

Women are less likely than men to have paid leave in US federal data. A global look reveals why eligibility, income protection and care leave deserve separate attention.

Women were working long before their contributions were properly counted. A timeline of rights, setbacks and changing opportunities shows how far women and men have come, and where everyday life …

The UN Gender Snapshot 2026 puts SDG 5 at 171 years away at the current pace. But behind the headline is a more revealing pattern: women have made gains in …

Women did not enter the economy in the 20th century. They were always working. What changed over generations was whether that labour was counted, paid, protected and allowed to become …

More Indian women are entering the labour force, yet participation remains far below men’s. The explanation lies across both sides of the labour market: jobs and wages, care and mobility, …

Women’s unpaid care load will not disappear through better time management. Real redistribution requires shared responsibility at home, care-friendly workplaces and stronger childcare and care infrastructure.

Women’s programmes have become good at opening doors through education, skilling, entrepreneurship and recruitment. The next challenge is keeping those opportunities viable when unpaid care, transport, health, wages and workplace …

Women’s participation in paid work is increasing, but their unpaid domestic, care and family labour remains largely unrecognised. The economy counts women when they enter payrolls while continuing to depend …

Care work was long treated as a private family duty, performed largely by women and excluded from economic thinking. It is now becoming a global policy, labour and investment priority. …

Morocco has become the first country in the Arab region and the second in Africa to adopt a national strategy for the care economy, covering unpaid care, care services, decent …