Care as Essential Infrastructure: Definitions of and debates on care infrastructure from Kenya, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, the United States, and Zimbabwe

Duvisac, Sara; Castro Bernardini, María del Rosario

dc.contributor.author	Duvisac, Sara
dc.contributor.author	Castro Bernardini, María del Rosario
dc.date.accessioned	2024-06-10T18:26:16Z
dc.date.available	2024-06-10T18:26:16Z
dc.date.issued	2024-06-10
dc.identifier.doi	10.21201/2024.000031
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10546/621606
dc.description	<html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>Drawing on six case studies (Kenya, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, the United States, and Zimbabwe), this paper explores the definitions, debates, and demands related to the concept of care infrastructure.</p> <p>The paper finds the following components of care infrastructure across the case studies: care-supporting physical infrastructure, knowledge production, community networks, national care frameworks and public financing, social protection, and public care services, programs, and regulations. These components of care infrastructure can look different from country to country, based on country-specific factors, including time use related to care, national laws and legal frameworks, and civil society and community mobilization. The existence of different approaches to care infrastructure, even between different stakeholders within countries, highlights the need to consider the local context of any intervention related to care.</p> <p>The paper also examines the responsibilities of different social actors (communities, civil society, the state, and the private sector) to support care infrastructure, with a focus on the role of the state. Across regions there are significant ongoing debates about the responsibilities of the state supporting and investing in care infrastructure and in advancing care as a right or care as a public good.</p> </body> </html>	en_US
dc.format.extent	72	en_US
dc.language.iso	English	en_US
dc.language.iso	Spanish	en
dc.publisher	Oxfam	en_US
dc.relation.url	http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/care-as-essential-infrastructure-definitions-of-and-debates-on-care-infrastruct-621606
dc.subject	Gender	en_US
dc.subject	Governance and citizenship	en_US
dc.subject	Inequality	en_US
dc.subject	Rights	en_US
dc.title	Care as Essential Infrastructure: Definitions of and debates on care infrastructure from Kenya, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, the United States, and Zimbabwe	en_US
dc.type	Discussion paper	en_US
oxfam.signoff.status	For public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Kenya	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Mexico	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Peru	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Philippines	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	United States	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Zimbabwe	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Care work	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Care infrastructure	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Co-responsibility	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Community	en_US
refterms.dateFOA	2024-06-10T18:26:18Z