
Global: Why We Care about Care - An online moderated course on Care Economy
Details
GLOBAL -
Why We Care About Care -
AN ONLINE MODERATED COURSE ON CARE ECONOMY
- LOCATION: trainingcentre.unwomen.org
- DATE: 22 May - 15 July, 2017
- TUITION FEE: Information upon request
- LANGUAGE: English and Spanish
- DURATION: 8 weeks, approximately 6 hours per week
OBJECTIVE
This course aims to provide a global perspective on care, care work, and care economy. It will enhance awareness, knowledge and understanding on the critical place care work occupies in development, while simultaneously providing skills and tools for analyzing and identifying types of interventions and policies for a fair and equal social organization of care to advance human development, gender equality and women’s empowerment.
CONTENT
The course contains seven modules:
- Care: Basic concepts
- Identifying care needs and caregiving scenarios
- Current features and changing trends of the social organization of care
- Care as part of the economy
- A critical case of remunerated care: Domestic employment
- Global care chains: Care beyond national borders
- Policy interventions: Towards a right to care and co-responsibility
This course will include a series of online lectures from international guest speakers. Sexual and reproductive health and rights
AUDIENCE
All who want to gain knowledge and understanding about care, care work, and care economy. The course will be of particular benefit for development practitioners, researchers, policy makers and advocates who are working on economic empowerment, public policy, and gender equality.
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