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Summit of the Future side event

Caring for the future: Data and evidence to increase investments in just, equitable and sustainable care economies and societies

Co-convened by UN Women, the ILO, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation with the support of the Global Alliance for Care.

Replay event

Care is a building block of thriving societies and economies, essential for sustaining both people and the planet's well-being. It includes all actions that nurture, maintain, and restore our world.

Closing gaps in care policies and investing in quality and affordable care services could particularly benefit women, generate substantial earnings for women workers, and positively impact tax revenues and the self-financing potential of care investments.

Policymakers are increasingly recognizing that investments in care policies, services and infrastructure are crucial to the realization of gender equality and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) more broadly.

As the world gathers to reaffirm commitments to the UN Charter and the SDGs at the Summit of the Future in September 2024, this event co-convened by UN Women, the ILO, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation with the support of the Global Alliance for Care, will share tools, findings, evidence and practical lessons to advance commitments to transforming care systems through evidence-generating tools and data.

Agenda

8:00 - 8:05Moderator: Raquel Coello-Cremades, UN Women Senior Policy Advisor, Macroeconomics and Global Lead on Care
8:05 – 8:15

Opening Remarks

  • Jemimah Njuki, UN Women Chief of Economic Empowerment Section
  • Oona Gemsch, Policy Advisor, Focal Point UN Women and Security Council, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

8:15 – 9:00

Segment 1

From cost to investment: A tool for estimating the economic and social returns of public investments in care services

Introduction:

  • Raquel Coello-Cremades, Policy Advisor, Macroeconomics and Global Lead on Care (UN Women)
  • Valeria Esquivel, Employment Policies and Gender Specialist (ILO)
  • Ipek Ilkkaracan, Professor of economics, Istanbul Technical University

Country experiences in applying the UN Women-ILO care costing and investment tool:

  • Democratic Republic of Nepal: Dr. Ram Phuyal, Former Member, National Planning Commission and Dr. Lok Nath Bhusal, Programme Director- Labour and employment
  • The Kingdom of Morocco: Ms Zineb Bouba, Head of the economic and financial report and the gender budget report service at the Department of Studies and Financial Forecasts, Ministry of Economy and Finance

9:00 – 9:30

Segment 2: Unveiling data to advance women’s economic empowerment in the Asia and Pacific Region

Introduction:

  • Cristine Arab, UN Women Asia Pacific Regional Director

Caring Societies, Inclusive, and Green Economies in Asia-Pacific. Unveiling Data to Advance Women’s Economic Empowerment Beyond GDP:

  • Cecilia Tinonin, Statistics Specialist, UN Women Asia and the Pacific Regional Office
9:30 – 9:50Segment 3: Moderated discussion with questions and comments from participants.
9:50 – 10:00

Closing remarks:

  • Ana Moreno, Technical Secretariat of the Global Alliance for Care
  • Sukti Dasgupta, Director, Condition of Work and Equality Department, ILO

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