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Transformative care policies can be a game changer. Valeria Esquivel* presents three reasons why: they help achieve greater gender equality, they promote policy complementarity and coordination, and they improve the situation of both care workers and care receivers. These and more ideas can be found in "Policy Innovations for Transformative Change", the UNRISD 2016 Flagship Report: unrisd.org/flagship2016
To learn more about this topic:
Read "Care Policies: Realizing their Transformative Potential" unrisd.org/flagship2016-chapter3
Visit unrisd.org/care-innovations
Follow UNRISD on Twitter twitter.com/unrisd
* Valeria Esquivel is a Gender Specialist in the Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch at the International Labour Organization (ILO). Formerly Research Coordinator of the UNRISD Gender and Development Programme, she is the author of "Care Policies: Realizing their Transformative Potential", chapter 3 of the UNRISD 2016 Flagship Report.
Transformative care policies can be a game changer. Valeria Esquivel* presents three reasons why: they help achieve greater gender equality, they promote policy complementarity and coordination, and they improve the situation of both care workers and care receivers. These and more ideas can be found in "Policy Innovations for Transformative Change", the UNRISD 2016 Flagship Report: unrisd.org/flagship2016
To learn more about this topic:
Read "Care Policies: Realizing their Transformative Potential" unrisd.org/flagship2016-chapter3
Visit unrisd.org/care-innovations
Follow UNRISD on Twitter twitter.com/unrisd
* Valeria Esquivel is a Gender Specialist in the Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch at the International Labour Organization (ILO). Formerly Research Coordinator of the UNRISD Gender and Development Programme, she is the author of "Care Policies: Realizing their Transformative Potential", chapter 3 of the UNRISD 2016 Flagship Report.
