Public Care Services at the Heart of Feminist Wellbeing Economies
Sunday, Mar 10, 2024
The cycle of feminisation of poverty is neither random nor an act of political and economic ill will. It is a structural disorder caused by the exploitation of womxn's labour, centered on paid and unpaid care work.
This work, historically done by womxn, sustains the economic system and is rooted in patriarchy, coloniality of power, and capital accumulation for profits.
It is time for womxn to break this vicious cycle of poverty!
Over the last few years we, as organisations from the feminist, trade union, tax justice, environment, and human rights movements have launched:
Today we join forces to give birth to a new momentum for transformation and structural change.
We foresee a process to keep on building on feminist alternatives and reimagining agendas through the following lines of action:
Decolonising the economy, including the UN and the IFIs
Easing the debt burden
Decolonising the language
Advancing Public Care and Decent Work for Care Workers
Fostering a Care-led Transition
Taxing fairly for Gender-Transformative Care
This roadmap was jointly elaborated by Public Services International, DAWN, ActionAid, OXFAM, CESR, GI-ESCR, GATJ, TJN, Womankind, FEMNET, IDWF, and ESCR-Net
Rebuilding the Social Organisation of Care: A Key to Dismantling Womxn's Poverty
Hosted by Public Services International, DAWN, ActionAid, OXFAM, CESR, GI-ESCR, GATJ, TJN, Womankind, FEMNET, IDWF, and ESCR-Net
Mon, Mar 11, 2024