All publications: care economy
ILO Care Economy Brief
Closing the gender gap in paid parental leaves: Better parental leaves for a more caring world of work
This policy brief by the International Labour Organization (ILO) explores the persistent global gender gap in paid parental leaves and its implications for gender equality in the world of work.
Start.CareCoop
Start.CareCoop training guide
A practical five-day training which guides participants through the process of starting a care cooperative by helping them define their business ideas, develop a sustainable business plan, manage finances and craft strategies for community...
Think.CareCoop
Think.CareCoop facilitator’s guide
Think.CareCoop facilitator’s guide provides in-depth information on how to organize and facilitate training sessions. The guide explains how to plan a training session, offers guidance on facilitation techniques, and includes step-by-step...
Training tools
Think.CareCoop and Start.CareCoop
ILO capacity-building tools for quality care services through cooperatives.
Think.CareCoop
Think.CareCoop training guide
A one-day orientation tool designed to help participants understand their care needs and how the cooperative model can address them, highlighting its values and principles, potential benefits and challenges within the care economy, and its relevance...
Start.CareCoop
Start.CareCoop facilitator’s guide
Start.CareCoop facilitator’s guide provides in-depth information on how to organize and facilitate trainings. The guide explains how to plan a training session, offers guidance on facilitation techniques, and includes step-by-step descriptions of...
Country brief
Care at work in the Republic of Moldova
ILO-UNV Joint publication
Volunteering, unpaid care work and gender in lower-income countries
In recognition of the interactions and similarities between volunteering and unpaid care work, this research paper released as part of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) partnership on the...
Statistical Brief
The impact of care responsibilities on women’s labour force participation
Care responsibilities are excluding and holding back millions of women worldwide from taking paid employment, and, with climate and demographic changes on course to increase the demand for care, measures to support the care economy are urgently...
Report
Strengthening women’s cooperatives: The experience of SEWA Cooperative Federation
This report aims to explore the challenges and opportunities for cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy entities in empowering women workers in the informal economy, with a specific focus on the experience of the SEWA Cooperative...
ILC.112/CDG/Composition
Composition of the General Discussion Committee on Decent Work and the Care Economy (2024)
As at 13 June 2024
Brief
Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Lebanon
This assessment highlights the critical need for improved working conditions for home-based care workers in Lebanon, primarily women. Lebanese nationals, migrant domestic workers, Syrian and Palestinian refugees, and other care workers face...
Zimbabwe: An assessment summary
Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Zimbabwe
This assessment highlights the critical need for quality childcare services for informal economy workers in Zimbabwe. Street vendors and domestic workers, particularly women, face significant challenges due to high levels of informality and lack of...
Brief
Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Occupied Palestinian Territory
This assessment highlights the critical need for affordable, quality childcare services in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Improving early childhood education and care can significantly enhance children's development and women's workforce...
Brief
Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Colombia
ILC.112/CDG/Amendments
Amendments to the draft conclusions concerning decent work and the care economy
ILC.112/CDG/D.3
Draft conclusions concerning decent work and the care economy
Technical note
ILO care policy investment simulator: Technical note
This Technical Note provides guidance on how to use the online ILO Care Policy Investment Simulator by explaining the underlying methodology, calculations and results. The Simulator helps build tailor-made care policy investment packages to fill...
ILC.112/VI/Points for discussion
General discussion on decent work and the care economy: Points for discussion
ILC.112/Report VI
Decent work and the care economy