Labor
The Courage and the Scourge of Caring: Coal Miners’ Earthquake Search and Rescue Work
The Soma coal miners translated their underground skills into life-saving care after the February 6, 2023, earthquakes, acting swiftly where the state failed. Using traditional mining techniques, they reinforced the rubble, creating moments of survival through expertise, solidarity, and sheer physical courage. Their intervention exposes how care under capitalism remains reactive—yet, when organized, it holds the potential to resist collapse and build a different future.
What Labour Justice? Care Work as a Duty & Social Welfare
The concept of the worker-citizen, embedded in the Indian Constitution, raises questions about the implications for care workers.
Kate Reed on Women Workers and Labor Rights
The Revaluing Care Lab at the FHI project invites you to the first lecture in the Visiting Lectures Series within the Women at Work class led by Dr. Tania Rispoli. This hybrid event will feature Kate Reed discussing women’s labor on Mexico’s southeastern railroads and their struggles for labor rights. Wednesday, February 19, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM ET online.
Women at Work
An undergraduate course taught by Tania Rispoli in the Revaluing Care Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute on the gender, race, and class implications of work. February 19, March 19, March 26, and April 16 in the Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C106 and online from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm.
The Immigrants’ Goodbye
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.
Déjà-vu all over again?: IWY Turns 50
On the fiftieth anniversary of International Women’s Year, it’s worth taking stock of what we’ve gained and what we haven’t.
Beyond Deficit: Masculinity and Young Men’s Care Work
The world is changing, leading to a re-examination of manhood. The traditional idea of a strong, silent man who refrains from showing emotion has received increased attention as we recognise the harmful effect of these behaviours. Consequently, there is a growing call to promote caring expressions of masculinity.
Sex, Work, and Care
Sex workers forge critical connections to end gender violence, combat stigma and criminality, and build a more caring world.
Fronteriza Care Work Epistemology and Environmental Justice Organizing in Tijuana-San Diego
Environmental justice activists at the border strategically use their lived experiences as fronterizas and care workers to both identify issues in their community as well as to link their localized realities to global political economic processes
Measuring Care
How do we measure care? What are the benefits and the limitations? Sign up for the seminar of Friday, December 6, 12-2pm ET
Unpaid Care Labor
In this seminar we will discuss how childcare represents unpaid care labor. Join us on Wednesday, November 13, 10am-12pm ET!
Time Poverty and Climate Shocks: How Married Women Bear the Brunt
As climate events like floods, droughts, and heatwaves intensify, their effects ripple beyond economic poverty and damage to physical assets. Emerging research sheds light on how these environmental crises impact women’s well-being. A crucial yet overlooked aspect is women’s time use, which often reflects social norms. My research dives into this vital area and reveals how climate shocks are driving married women deeper into time poverty in India.