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Care without applause

What care workers day reveals about whose labour counts.

8 months ago

Care workers are essential to a just transition

by Global Labour Column care work / climate change / gender equality / green collective bargaining / just transition

What would a just transition look like if it took care work seriously?

8 months ago

7 February is the inaugural Care Workers’ Day

by Nina Benjamin care economy / Care Workers' Day / community health workers / decent work / ECD practitioners / extended public works programme / food handlers / gender equality

Care workers mobilise around five demands for decent work and gender justice.

10 months ago

South Africa declared GBV a national disaster. But how will frontline workers be kept safe?

by The Conversation 16 days of activism / domestic violence / femicide / gender based violence and harassment / gender equality / social workers

Social workers are often female and often arrive first on the scene, but have little protection.

11 months ago

Care work is currency

by Sheila Martins advocacy stories / care work / decent work / early childhood development practitioners / education sector / expanded public works programme / gender equality

Dignity, value, and rights must be at the heart of public care work.

11 months ago

My story of the pencil

by Sanah Seema advocacy stories / care work / decent work / early childhood development practitioners / education sector / expanded public works programme / gender equality

I want the school community and the Department of Basic Education to recognise and value my work as an Early Childhood Development Practitioner.

1 year ago

The crisis facing Early Childhood Development Practitioners

by Nelly Nyagah care work / decent work / early childhood development practitioners / education sector / expanded public works programme / gender equality / public care work programmes

The need for the government to rapidly transform care work programmes is laid bare by ECD Practitioners’ analysis of the devaluation of their vital role.

1 year ago

Feminist Economic Justice Toolkit

by Nina Benjamin climate and just transition / feminist economic alternatives / feminist popular education / gender equality / Power Up!

A feminist popular education resource to challenge unjust systems and spark transformative alternatives.

Feminist Economic Justice Toolkit

by LRS climate change / feminist economic alternatives / feminist popular education / gender equality / just transition / PowerUp

A guide for popular education.

1 year ago

Labour 20 Summit: Trade unions stand united for transformation amid global crises

by LRS artificial intelligence / climate change / gender equality / gig economy / governance / just transition / platform workers / social justice / sovereign debt. / technology / trade liberalisation

“We will not allow our future to be sacrificed at the altar of profit and geopolitical power.”

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Care without applause

Care workers are essential to a just transition

7 February is the inaugural Care Workers’ Day

Care work is currency

My story of the pencil

The crisis facing Early Childhood Development Practitioners

Feminist Economic Justice Toolkit

Feminist Economic Justice Toolkit

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