E-LEARNING PROGRAMME ON CARE WORK AND THE CARE ECONOMY

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated pre-existing gender inequalities in the labour market and the imbalance between women and men regarding unpaid housework and care work. These additional demands on women forced many to quit paid work altogether, making their re-entry into the labour market more challenging as economies and societies recover from the pandemic. The latter has exposed the urgent need to address the unequal share of unpaid care work between women and men and between families, communities, the market and the State, with a significant regulatory role, beyond provision. Investing in frameworks of transformative care policies with quality care jobs benefits all workers, children, businesses, societies, and the planet. Greater investment in care could create almost 300 million jobs worldwide. OBJECTIVES Become more familiar with the care economy by understanding: • The key concepts and definitions on the care economy, care work and care policies. • ILO’s 5R Framework for Decent Work. Analyse and plan: • Transformative policies in care work, macroeconomics, social protection, labour, migration, health, education and domestic work. • Identify the policies and tools that promote decent work for care workers, including migrant care workers. • Care policies in line with ILO international labour standards to enable a more balanced sharing of family responsibilities. Promote and communicate on: • Decent work for care workers. • Invest in care policies. • Good practices that support representation and social dialogue in care work. CONTENT The E-learning course has been an opportunity to update knowledge and to facilitate a better understanding of the following topics: • Key concepts, definitions and approaches to the care economy and care policies; • ILO’s policy framework for decent work in care work including the 5 Rs: recognize, reduce, redistribute, reward and represent; • An overview of policies, tools actions and good practices to position care work at the core of a future with decent work and intersectional gender equality. NUMBER OF HOURS: 20