With the participation of the Governments of Chile, Spain and the Phillipines, the Global Alliance for Care organised a side event that brought together UN-Women, Local Governments and Grassroots Organisations in which Verónica Montúfar, PSI Equalities Officer spoke around two questions

What key demands have labor movements and unions positioned within the care agenda?”

• Public Services International (PSI) is the global union representing care workers across the public, private, non-profit, and community sectors worldwide, the majority of whom are women.
• We have a constitutional mandate to defend public service workers' rights and defend universal, quality public services for all.
• In 2020, PSI introduced 5Rs to organise efforts to reduce, redistribute, recognise, and reward care work. This transformative approach aims as well to reclaim care as a public good, an autonomous human right, and highlights the critical role of the State in financing, regulating, and providing universal, quality public care services.
• In 2021, a coalition of feminist and human rights organisations joined PSI in releasing a Manifesto for rebuilding the social organisation of care. This initiative went beyond the concept of the care economy, which has led to the commodification of care—turning it into a market asset which has negatively impacted formal employment, professionalisation in the sector, social protection, workers' rights, and genuine representation. The manifesto emphasizes as well, the importance of social dialogue with women workers and their unions.

In summary, we have positioned a clear agenda to shift the discourse and course for a just and transformative social organisation of care.

 What are some emerging care-related issues that have yet to be addressed in global conversations, and what key moments will be critical to doing so

The Political Declaration failed to reaffirm the public nature of care and recognise care as a right, making this a field that requires renewed effort.

Two key international scenarios will be crucial in this regard: the consultative opinion of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on care as a human right and the upcoming session of the Human Rights Council, which will include a specific discussion on a human rights-based approach to care and support systems.