Unpaid Care Work

CARE MATTERS: Taking action on unpaid care and domestic work in ASEAN

Unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) is one of the most persistent and systemic barriers to achieving gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. Hence, it is important for the ASEAN and its member-states to regulate and oversee policy legislation and investments in programs and services that...

Time to care and build a fairer Asia

Care work is work that’s essential for our societies to survive, prosper and grow. It is the hidden engine that runs our economies.

Women’s work? Challenging gender roles in the Philippines

Oxfam and Unilever, with its Surf laundry brand, have a partnership supporting the Women’s Empowerment and Care initiative (WE-Care) to challenge notions about unpaid care work, making it clear that care and domestic work, makes a valuable contribution to society and should be shared work, thus...