Care Talk

What Labour Justice? Care Work as a Duty & Social Welfare

Posted By: Supriya Routh
Post Date: 20 February, 2025

The concept of the worker-citizen, embedded in the Indian Constitution, raises questions about the implications for care workers.

The Care Ethics Research Consortium

Posted By: Maurice Hamington
Post Date: 3 February, 2025

Maurice Hamington reports on the recent CERC conference in Utrecht.

The Immigrants’ Goodbye

Posted By: Nancy Folbre
Post Date: 20 January, 2025

New restrictions on legal immigration, combined with rapid deportation of the undocumented, will likely worsen already painful shortfalls of paid health care, elder care, and child care services in the U.S.

Death by Austerity

Posted By: Nancy Folbre
Post Date: 6 January, 2025

Some kinds of efficiency are about making money. Other kinds are about saving lives and developing human capabilities.

Déjà-vu all over again?:  IWY Turns 50

Posted By: Jocelyn Olcott
Post Date: 6 January, 2025

On the fiftieth anniversary of International Women’s Year, it’s worth taking stock of what we’ve gained and what we haven’t.

Sex, Work, and Care

Posted By: Alisson Rowland
Post Date: 3 December, 2024

Sex workers forge critical connections to end gender violence, combat stigma and criminality, and build a more caring world.

The Nappy Revolution

Posted By: Kelly Dombroski
Post Date: 18 November, 2024

Caring for Life: a new book that re-values nappy-free infant hygiene care practices

The Rise of Anti-Care

Posted By: Nancy Folbre
Post Date: 18 November, 2024

Some post-U.S. election advice: keep the faith and fight the backlash.

Sociologists on Care

Posted By: Duncan U. Fisher
Post Date: 4 November, 2024

A Scottish researcher muses on insights from a recent conference.

Mexico’s “Women’s Moment”: What we can learn from Mexican feminisms about women in power and feminist practices of care

Posted By: Holly Worthen
Post Date: 4 November, 2024

As US voters consider whether to follow Mexico’s lead in electing its first female president, a reminder that real change needs to happen in the streets.

Mexico Lowers Age of Social Security for Women

Posted By: Jocelyn Olcott
Post Date: 21 October, 2024

Extending its noncontributory pension benefit, Mexico’s new program will give more spending money to women in their early 60s.

Men and Care Work: Can Unions Help?

Posted By: Sarah F. Small
Post Date: 29 September, 2024

New research suggests that men in labor unions help out more at home.