http://www.unrisd.org/rss_gender_en.xml 225 55 http://www.unrisd.org/80256B42004CCC77/rsslogo.png http://www.unrisd.org/ en feedback@unrisd.org 3 Sep 2010 120 http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/search/11F4613A375B94D9C125776D00448527?OpenDocument Although the issue of care work and its vulnerability is a global phenomenon, the present collection pays particular attention to developing country contexts where issues of worker insecurity and exploitation are most intransigent, and where research has been sparse and data challenges are often significant. The special issue raises questions about who the care workers are, whether they are recognized as workers, how their wages compare to those of other workers with similar levels of education and skill, the conditions under which they work, and how their interests could be better secured. 29 Jul 2010 http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/search/10B7DBDAE05044D3C125776D00434961?OpenDocument This special issue explores how religion as a political force shapes and deflects the struggle for gender equality in contexts marked by different histories of nation-building and challenges of ethnic diversity, different state-society relations (from the more authoritarian to the more democratic), and different relations between state power and religion (especially in the domain of marriage, family and personal laws). 29 Jul 2010 http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/search/414BA4D59E6D9AB1C125775B00480FD7?OpenDocument Across the world, unpaid care work—unpaid housework, care of persons, and "volunteer" work—is done predominantly by women. This book examines the variation across seven, mostly developing, countries in patterns of paid and unpaid care, drawing on data from large-scale time use surveys. The book concludes that responses need to be grounded in an analysis of specific contexts, which in turn strengthens the need for data collection and the type of analysis presented in this book. 9 Jul 2010 http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/search/628267596A6E8AACC125774400502069?OpenDocument This paper by Aya Abe describes the scale of the elderly care problem in Japan, examines the government’s role in providing care and, to a lesser extent, considers the market’s role before and after the introduction of the LTCI. It also looks at changing patterns in state provision of childcare. The paper expands on the idea of the “care diamond” introduced by Razavi and applies it to care for the elderly and children in Japan in order to compare the two. 16 Jun 2010 http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/search/5F0320F46ECBA3BFC1257744004BB4E8?OpenDocument Over the last few years, several middle-income countries, including Chile, Mexico and Uruguay, have increased the availability of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. This paper looks at recent efforts to expand ECEC services for children up to three years in Chile and Mexico. Although concerns over low female labour force participation and child welfare have emerged on the political agendas of both countries, their approaches to service expansion differ significantly. Generally speaking, Mexico’s Federal Daycare Programme for Working Mothers subsidizes community- and home-based daycare to facilitate the employment of low-income mothers without pursuing explicit educational aims. Poor women (rather than children) are the programme’s target group. 16 Jun 2010