The workshop will bring together academics, activists, unions and international organisations working on care.
Care is defined as the activity of caring for the ill, elderly and dependent young.
The conditions under which care is being provided are changing. There has been an increasing 'public appearance' of care in recent years. Developments around care are closely associated with industrialisation and how it intertwines with family and kinship patterns. These lead to altering gender roles and changes in the economic and social functions undertaken by the family. As this process takes place, the market and the state increasingly come into the picture as possible providers of care services.