Gender equality, paid and unpaid care and domestic work: Disadvantages of state-supported marketization of care and domestic work

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Sumika Yamane
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Domestic Work ◽  
Unpaid Care

Transforming care work and care jobs for the future of decent work

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-154
Author(s):  
Laura Addati
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Care Work ◽  
International Labour Organization ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Global Policy ◽  
Unpaid Care ◽  
The Future ◽  
Keynote Speech ◽  
Policy Work

The article is an edited version of a keynote speech given at the 2019 Global Carework Summit and highlights the findings of the International Labour Organization report Care Work and Care Jobs for the Future of Decent Work. It takes a comprehensive look at the nexus between unpaid care work, paid work and paid care work, and its contributions to the future of work debates and global policy work around the achievement of gender equality.

scholarly journals Benefits and Constraints of the Agricultural Land Acquisition for Urbanization for Household Gender Equality in Affected Rural Communes: A Case Study in Huong Thuy Town, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nhung Pham Thi ◽  
Martin Kappas ◽  
Daniel Wyss
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Economic Transition ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Land Acquisition ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Unpaid Care ◽  
The Government ◽  
Group 1

The Vietnamese Government has implemented agricultural land acquisition for urbanization (ALAFU) since 2010 which has caused a high level of social-economic transition in the country. In this paper, we applied the gender and development approach to discover how ALAFU has influenced the household gender equality in affected areas in Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam. The data for this paper was mainly collected from two household group surveys, four group discussions, and six key informant interviews. Group 1 covers 50 affected households whose agricultural land was acquired for urbanization, while Group 2 consists of 50 households whose agricultural land was not taken away. The findings reveal that ALAFU has led to reduced access to agricultural land for group 1, but has contributed to an increase of economic status for women in both groups by creating non-farming job opportunities with a good income. However, most of their new jobs are still informal, contain potential risks, and the unpaid care work burden is heavy. Moreover, although the rate of women participating in household decision making has increased, the quality of participation is limited. Their participation in social activities and vocational training courses has improved insignificantly. Therefore, if the Government continues to promote ALAFU, they should take structural gender inequalities into account to achieve their sustainable development goals.

Social security and gender equality in Kazakhstan: Legislative gaps and opportunities

2021 ◽  
pp. 103-124
Author(s):  
Yermek A. Buribayev ◽  
Zhanna A. Khamzina ◽  
Zhambyl K. Oryntaev ◽  
Amangeldy Sh. Khamzin
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
National Level ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Unpaid Care ◽  
And Gender

This article examines some of the implications of gender equality and gender policy at the national level from the perspective of social security guarantees. The changes that have taken place in family relations, economy, and politics challenge the gender regime in Kazakhstan. The article argues that social, political, and economic changes were not accompanied by the development of new gender models at the national level. New gender problems arise, including the trajectory of the distribution of the status of women in the family from the perspective of Islam. The article discusses the existing public and political demand for women's empowerment, which determines the relevance of improving the quality of a number of laws in relation to gender equality in accessing social security measures and facilitating unpaid care work. The first step was to study the construction and guarantees of the implementation of the principle of gender equality in the Constitution of Kazakhstan. At the second stage, international standards for the equality of men and women were summarized from the point of view of implementation in national legislation. At the last stage, recommendations and suggestions aimed at eliminating the discriminatory standards of social protection from the legislation are summarized and formulated.

scholarly journals About time: gender equality in Malta's working-time regime?

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Camilleri-Cassar
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
Unpaid Care

To what extent does Malta's social policy support gender equality, in the use of time? How much do state policies assume that men and women both need time to care, as well as for paid work? Does Malta's full-time paid work structure allow time for the equal sharing of unpaid care responsibilities between women and men, that in turn enhances gender equity in the workplace and domestic sphere? Themes that emerge in the study rest largely on women's voices. The study finds that women need to shift their full-time economic activity to shorter and flexible working hours when they become mothers, with negative consequences of loss in income and career regression. Labour market exit and financial dependence on men is also a frequent occurrence. The findings of the study suggest that strong pressure to assume traditional roles is embedded not only in Maltese culture and social norms, but also in the state's own social policy.

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