Redistributing care
Subtitle: the policy challenge
By: Coral Calderón Magaña, coordinator
Contributors: United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Edition: First edition.
Series: Cuadernos de la CEPAL -- 101; Cuadernos de la CEPAL -- no. 101.
Publisher: United Nations, ECLAC; United Nations Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Santiago, Chile
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9789212210629; 9789210560177
Subjects: Wages; Women; Caregivers; Sexual division of labor; Employment; Sex discrimination against women; Informal sector (Economics); Poor women; Economic conditions; Salaires; Femmes; Discrimination à l'égard des femmes; Secteur informel (Économie politique); Femmes pauvres; Conditions économiques; Economic history
Description: This publication offers a representative sample of the thinking developed over recent years in relation to time use, time-use measurement and related policies in Latin America. The issue of care and its importance and meaning have become part of the gender agenda in the region, especially since the tenth session of the Region Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Quito in 2007. Part 1 discusses how recognizing the sexual division of labour affects public policies. Part 2 uses data collected in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala and Mexico, to portray the unpaid work scenario in those countries. Also offers an overview of the care economy in the region.
Notes: "LC/G.2568-P"--Title page verso.

"United Nations publication ... sales no. E.13. II. G.9"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.