All news: care economy

Türkiye explores the role of cooperatives in an emerging care economy

A dedicated session on the role of care cooperatives under an ILO-UNDP joint initiative highlighted their potential to provide quality care services and decent work opportunities in Türkiye.

Inclusive solidarity

Social and solidarity economy entities deliver inclusive, community-driven care solutions

The ILO webinar highlights country experiences and practical tools to advance gender-responsive care services through the social and solidarity economy.

Care economy

Bridging Kenya’s intergenerational care gap

Learn how Kenya is tackling the intergenerational care gap through ILO and government efforts that promote inclusive policies and partnerships for dignified care across generations.

Care economy

Market daycares empower mothers and boost livelihoods

Discover how innovative market-daycare initiatives like WowMom in Kenya are empowering women in the informal economy through vital childcare support and improved livelihoods.

Armenia advances disability inclusion through strategic public financing dialogue

ILO and Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia present new findings on disability care funding, highlighting the need for strategic investment and decent work in the care sector.

Press release

Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection and ILO launch Care Economy Working Group to advance Indonesia’s care system

The Care Economy Working Group serves as a collaborative platform uniting ministries, academics, civil society, the business sector and development partners to formulate policies and strategic measures to strengthen Indonesia's care economy system.

ILO Care Economy Brief

ILO brief highlights global five-month gender gap in paid parental leaves

ILO study, marking 25 years of the ILO Maternity Protection Convention, shows that more equitable, inclusive and sustainable parental leaves would require, on average, an additional annual investment of 0.13% of GDP.

We are no longer just caregivers. We have become educators and mentors

Jordanian nursery care provider Alaa Al-Shamali tells how ILO training, through the Norway-funded Equality@Work project, has equipped her with new skills and transformed her approach to childcare.

International Domestic Workers’ Day 2025 in Italy: caring for those who care for us

Op-Ed

Domestic work is care work: Settling the historical debt to millions of women domestic workers

Care Economy

Unlocking the potential of care cooperatives in Sri Lanka

The Department of Cooperatives and ILO launch landmark initiative to advance the care economy in Sri Lanka through cooperative models. Key events and learning opportunities brought together stakeholders to explore how care cooperatives can drive...

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Global landmark pandemic accord sets new milestone for health and care workers

In a landmark move, the World Health Assembly has adopted the first-ever Pandemic Agreement – an international accord aimed at bolstering preparedness and ensuring a fairer, more unified response to future global health crises. Central to this...

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Pakistan Marks International Nurses Day 2025 with High-Level Dialogue on Decent Work for Nurses

Specialized training tackles violence and harassment in the world of work in Jordan

The ILO and national partners hold a training workshop that coincides with World Day for Safety and Health at Work and International Workers' Day to promote a to promote a safe and violence-free working environment.

World Forum for Local Economic Development 2025

ILO champions social and solidarity economy for local transformation

The ILO highlighted the transformative role of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in fostering sustainable development, resilience, quality care services, youth employment, and financial inclusion at the VI World Forum for Local Economic...

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Care & Support - A joint podcasts series by the ILO and KBR on the care economy

"Care & Support" is a podcast series jointly produced by KBR radio and the ILO Indonesia that features casual talks about family and community empowerment through comprehensive care initiatives, spanning from childcare services to elderly support,...

Promoting care at work

ILO-supported daycare transforms lives of working mothers in Addis Ababa

An ILO effort to promote decent work and gender-inclusive workplaces, with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, allowed Woinshet to return to work, ensuring financial stability for her family while providing a safe and nurturing...

Ibero-America

More protection, less inequality: The urgent need for a gender perspective in occupational safety and health

New report by the ILO and OISS highlights how occupational risks affect women and men differently in Ibero-America, underscoring the invisibility of feminized sectors such as care work.

69th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women

Commission on the Status of Women holds session on cooperatives transforming care systems

Cooperatives were highlighted as a transformative pathway to empowering communities and reshaping care systems during a side event at the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) on March 11, 2025. The ILO and other members of the Committee on...

Care economy

ILO and ECLAC call for strengthening care policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Both United Nations agencies called on the countries of the region to adopt regulations that extend care time and launched the bulletin "Time for care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards social and gender co-responsibility".