CESR and over 125 networks, trade unions, and organizations issued a statement demanding expanded investment in the “care economy” for a COVID-19 response and recovery that is just, green, and feminist. As the pandemic exposes the weaknesses of underfunded health systems around the world, the collective burdens that are frequently shouldered by women continue to worsen. CESR believes that a robust recovery will be impossible without greatly augmenting the public services that support positive health outcomes and demands policy choices that end such exploitation, including women’s paid and unpaid labor in the public and private sectors.
Read the full statement here.
