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Make Mothers Matter
Changing narratives about unpaid care work and the economy
worldwide/virtualThe pandemic has shown the critical importance of Care. It also exposed the challenges that women, particularly mothers, face in juggling paid work and unpaid Care responsibilities. At the heart of the problem is our current economic system, which considers unpaid care work - and nature - as endless and free commodities. The Covid-19 crisis provides a unique
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Changing narratives about unpaid care work and the economy
worldwide/virtualThe pandemic has shown the critical importance of Care. It also exposed the challenges that women, particularly mothers, face in juggling paid work and unpaid Care responsibilities. At the heart of the problem is our current economic system, which considers unpaid care work - and nature - as endless and free commodities. The Covid-19 crisis provides a unique
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In this Together: Share the Care, Transform Tomorrow
worldwide/virtualDear friends, We hope you can join Make Mothers Matter on July 11th for their virtual event taking place on the margins of HLPF, the annual UN conference that assesses progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Addressing the inequitable distribution of unpaid care work by ‘Sharing the care’ is in our view not only key
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In this Together: Share the Care, Transform Tomorrow
worldwide/virtualDear friends, We hope you can join Make Mothers Matter on July 11th for their virtual event taking place on the margins of HLPF, the annual UN conference that assesses progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Addressing the inequitable distribution of unpaid care work by ‘Sharing the care’ is in our view not only key
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