Gender, development and care / edited by Deepta Chopra and Caroline Sweetman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chopra, Deepta, editor.

Sweetman, Caroline, editor.

Series:

Working in gender & development

Working in gender and development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women caregivers--Developing countries.

Women caregivers.

Sexual division of labor--Developing countries.

Sexual division of labor.

Family policy--Developing countries.

Family policy.

Social policy.

Developing countries--Social policy.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

155 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rugby, Warwickshire : Practical Action Publishing Ltd, [2018]

Summary:

"Care is a social good; it not only sustains and reproduces society, but also underpins all development progress. Yet the vast majority of care work is done free, at home; and it is widely seen as a female responsibility. This gender division of labour has profound implications for women and girls - both in terms of their daily lives and options, and their status in society. Writers in this issue explore women's experience of care work in different contexts from a feminist perspective, highlighting the impact that care work has for their lives, choices and wellbeing. The goal is for care work to be divided fairly between the sexes, and between the household and other social institutions, including the state"--Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction to gender, development and care / Deepta Chopra, Caroline Sweetman

What is a transformative approach to care, and why do we need it? / Valeria Esquivel

What does care have to do with human rights? Analysing the impact on women's rights and gender equality / Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, Kate Donald

Public policies on water provision and early childhood education and care (ECEC): do they reduce and redistribute unpaid work? / Marzia Fontana, Diane Elson

Policy advocacy for women's unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria / Deepta Chopra, Patience Ekeoba, Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed, Rachel Moussié, Mona Sherpa

Not 'women's burden': how washing clothes and grinding corn became issues of social justice and development / Thalia Kidder, Zahria Mapandi, Hector Ortega

Transforming gender roles in domestic and caregiving work: preliminary findings from engaging fathers in maternal, newborn, and child health in Rwanda / Kate Doyle, Jane Kato-Wallace, Shamsi Kazimbaya, Gary Barker

Valuing unpaid labour in community fair trade products: a Nicaraguan case study from The body shop international / Felicity Butler

Caring for people with intellectual disabilities in poor rural communities in Cambodia: experience from ADD international / Sylvie Cordier

Resources for gender, development and care / Liz Cooke.

Notes:

"Published by Practical Action Publishing in association with Oxfam GB"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

178853008X

9781788530088

1788530098

9781788530095

OCLC:

1033655286