Undervaluing the Work of Care

We are delighted to welcome three esteemed guests to Care Matters; Professor Nancy Folbre, Dr Naomi Lightman and Professor Shereen Hussein. In this episode, hosted by Dr Duncan Fisher, our guests discuss the devaluation and underpayment of care work.

Drawing on experiences from the USA, Canada and the UK, they consider the challenges of assigning value to care, emphasising social, cultural and intergenerational dimensions.

Useful links mentioned in this episode

Nancy Folbre's 'Care Talk' blog on the Revaluing Care website: https://www.revaluingcare.org/category/care-talk/

“Working More and Making Less: Post-Retirement Aged Immigrant Women Care Workers in Canada” Journal of Aging and Social Policy. Naomi Lightman and Hamid Akbary.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08959420.2022.2139984

Lightman, Naomi., Evehe B., M. and Baay, C. “More than ‘Just a Health-Care Aide’: Immigrant Women Speak About the COVID-19 Crisis in Long-Term Care.” Edmonton: Parkland Institute.
https://www.parklandinstitute.ca/more_than_just_a_health_care_aide

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