Document Type
Policy Points
Publication Date
7-2016
Department
International Migration Research Centre
Abstract
This brief examines policy options to address the gender disparities of unpaid care work created by the global care chain. Examining the Philippine context, potential responses include equalizing maternity and paternity leave, expanding state childcare services, partnering with money transfer businesses (MTBs), and promoting the recruitment men for care positions. This issue has been recognized by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Target 5.4 of the SDGs calls for the recognition of the value of “unpaid care labour and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of responsibility within the household and the family.” Moving beyond simply recognizing the value of unpaid care labour, social policies must be developed to address the gendered division of reproductive labour in ways that informed by critical feminist literature.
Recommended Citation
H. Ellis (2016). Global Care Chains: Addressing Unpaid Reproductive Labour in the Philippines. Waterloo, ON: International Migration Research Centre. Policy Points, Issue X.