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Feminist Economics – International Women’s News
By IAW Communications Unit on 23 February 2016
Economics should be focused less on mechanisms like income and more on wellbeing, a multidimensional concept including income, health, education, empowerment and social status.
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WOMEN DOMESTIC WORKERS: Undervalued, Unprotected, Invisible
Unpaid and paid care and domestic work are deeply interrelated: they both stem from gender-based social norms and practices. In other words, household and care tasks are still predominantly seen as a “women’s job” and underpaid, if paid at all. To change the situation, the recognition of the social significance and economic value of care and domestic work should be at the top of the agenda for gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. Read more →
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