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Unlocking sustainable development in Africa by addressing unpaid care and domestic work [1]

Across Africa, ambitions to achieve inclusive and sustainable development are being undermined by inadequate investment in the care economy. Women and girls are providing millions of hours of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) – a provision which props up the economy and underpins society, yet remains under-recognized, undervalued and under-invested in. While inattention to care policy and the unequal distribution of UCDW has stalled gender equality in every country globally, this brief focuses on the specific barriers that UCDW creates for sustainable development in Africa. It explains how investing in quality, accessible and affordable public services and infrastructure in Africa can address heavy and unequal UCDW and unlock progress across multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Publication Date: 
02/02/2020
Oxfam International [3]
Tags:
Africa [4], Sustainable Development [5], Economy [6], Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [7]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/unlocking-sustainable-development-africa-addressing-unpaid-care-and-domestic-work
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/bp-sustainable-development-africa-Feb 2020.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/oxfam-international
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development-goals-sdgs