Dear W4S Community,

“By far the largest sector of the economy is the unpaid care sector. The work consists of taking care of children and sick family members, facilitating life for elderly people or family members with a disability, managing the home and providing long- term unpaid support to the community of friends and neighbours” (Thera Van Osch, Sheila Quinn and J. van Beveren (2004): Budgeting for all; Manual for local gender budget initiatives. Utrecht: Vrouwen Alliantie, p. 88).

Caring Economy is a concept that was born to name an economy that cares for the people and also for the planet, that criticizes the neoliberal conception of a world in which everyone must compete with others, and where it seems to be that “no one” does this invisible care work.

The 86% of care work is done by women who do not get any economic retribution. This unpaid working hours are not taken into consideration by the global system, but they exist and they are absolutely necessary for every society.

This idea is a proposal to go back to the most intrinsic human values like friendship, esteem and lovingness. The pandemic was an opportunity to make visible the care work that mainly women carried out within the household. We are now in front of a new scenario, a new chance to change the established and build a more caring economy.

Our recomendations for this month

Co-creating the Caring Economy

Pillar #1

Promotion of the value of the "work of care". Listen to this 90 minute webinar introducing critical lenses for exploring and understanding forms of racism; and how race, place and class influence desired outcomes.

Pillar #2

Raise awareness about care for the environment. Author of Zero Waste Living Stephanie Miller, will describe the easy and impactful steps that busy people can take and know that they are having a positive environmental impact.

Pillar #3

Education in all stages of life. The novelty of Love Pedagogy is the integration of therapeutical methods applied in the pedagogical process of a child. The core of the Pedagogy of Love and regenerate the child’s initiative and leader potential.

Pillar #4

Transparency and metric on wellbeing of people and planet. Join us to learn about Gender IDEAL, a new platform that helps workplaces evaluate their intersectional gender equity performance.

Our Vision

Co-creating the caring Economy to build a more inclusive and regenerative society.

Our Purpose

We are a global network of entrepreneurs & intrapreneurs advocating for inclusive and regenerative businesses. We seek to balance purpose and profits in the markets towards a Caring Economy primarily focused on the wellbeing of people and the environment.

"Gender Parity & Caring for the environment is good business".

#w4s FACT SHEET

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