Resources on Care Economy

  1. Infographic

    Towards Dignity and Autonomy: A Comprehensive Look at Personal Assistance Policies for Persons with Disabilities Worldwide

    29 February 2024

    This infographic presents the findings from a review of personal assistance policies and practices from across the world and formulates recommendations on how to ensure that personal assistance promote full inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in community, including by improving the working conditions of assistants. This research is a product of the cooperation between the International Labour Organisation and the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL).to take an active role in its provision and that has a long-lasting impact on their rights. Looking into personal assistance services globally may shed light on how to structure care and support services to reduce inequalities.

  2. Towards Dignity and Autonomy

    A Comprehensive Look at Personal Assistance Policies for Persons with Disabilities Worldwide

    29 February 2024

    The report presents the findings from a review of personal assistance policies and practices from across the world and formulates recommendations on how to ensure that personal assistance promote full inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in community, including by improving the working conditions of assistants. This research is a product of the cooperation between the International Labour Organisation and the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL).to take an active role in its provision and that has a long-lasting impact on their rights. Looking into personal assistance services globally may shed light on how to structure care and support services to reduce inequalities.

  3. Publication

    Empowering for Independence: Building High Quality Personal Assistance Services for Persons with Disabilities

    29 February 2024

    This factsheet focuses on the provision of personal assistance, as a support service that enables persons with disabilities to take an active role in its provision and that has a long-lasting impact on their rights. Looking into personal assistance services globally may shed light on how to structure care and support services to reduce inequalities.

  4. UN Women - ILO Policy Tool

    Assessing the employment situation in five countries and promoting a gender responsive structural transformation

    09 February 2024

    A consolidated report on lessons learned and policy insights

  5. UN Women - ILO Policy Tool

    Social accounting matrix-based analysis of gendered employment sectoral strategies in Ethiopia

    09 February 2024

  6. UN Women - ILO Policy Tool

    Gendered employment analysis and policy recommendations in Ethiopia

    09 February 2024

    Evidence from Hawassa and Yirgalem Intergrated Industrial Parks

  7. Social experiment on care economy

    Women work 100 hours per week but still consider unproductive: Magdalene-ILO Care work social experiment

    18 January 2024

    What happens if you are paid to do care work that you usually do at home?

  8. Care economy

    Towards golden Indonesia with equality in care work

    21 November 2023

    The ILO organizes an interactive discussion session examining the key findings of its workers' perception survey on care work, conducted in collaboration with KataData Insight Centre.

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    Care economy

    Childcare allows an informal, working mother to care and support her family

    20 November 2023

    This is the life journey of Siti Riyanti, a working mother of two who has been able to support her family and take care of her sons with the support of a quality, affordable childcare service.

  10. Care economy

    Indonesian women are still obliged to quit their paid jobs due to caring responsibilities

    15 November 2023

    The ILO is launching findings of its workers’ perception survey on care work. The survey is conducted to support the development process of Indonesia’s Road Map and National Action Plan on Care Economy.