GLOBAL MObolitites Flashcards
quote defining care
Without care, life could not be sustained.” (Emma Dowling 2022)
what institutions of care exist what impacts and control these
NHS nursery schools
politics and care coexsisit
politics control who receives care who doesn’t and how much
gendered problems within care how many hours of care is done by a women
3 out of every 4 hours of care giving is done by women overseas development institute
how is care done by women often justified what hours do these women do
how much of unpaid domestic care is GDP
describe it as a Labour of love justifiys this unpaid low wages 9 percent
what increase has there been within earners
dual earners consequence women work a double shift 9-5 and 5-9
what does the care crisis include how many people are in need of care
again population
austerity problems
2.1 billion people world wide are in need of care
what do wealthy middle class individuals do
buy care services from other women nannies cleaners cooks
- People recruited from one side of the world to another
Migration: people, largely women, from global south and eastern Europe recruited for domestic and caring work in rich countries
recruited form the global south to work in the global north
what are women linked by and divided by
linked by gender and divided by racism intersectional inequality
consequence of this bought care
individuals leave home pass on their left behind care and domestic work to family members or they purchase even lower wage services of poorer women in country
these care chains do not fix the problem they just displace the problem elsewhere
quote about the unequal distribution of care
Unequal distribution of Care The obvious answer is ‘money’, but is care or love also being inequitably redistributed around the globe?” (Arlie Hochschild, 2000)
