unpaid care work

  • Learners in the accelerated learning programme at Mayo Girls’ Primary School in Juba. Photo: Mustafa Osman/Oxfam

    Covid-19 and female learners in South Sudan

    27 August 2021
  • Rohingya refugee Ayesha collecting water for her family in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Credit: Maruf Hasan/Oxfam

    Why gender parity and diversity are paramount to a just COVID-19 recovery

    Blog by Maria Jose Moreno Ruiz
    8 March 2021
  • Sarah, a fruit vendor in Kampala, Uganda.

    Care in the time of coronavirus

    25 June 2020
  • Ellina and her daughter collect water from a tap connected to an Oxfam solar-powered piped water system, Bubi District, Zimbabwe. Photo: Aurelie Marrier d’Unienville/Oxfam

    Unlocking sustainable development in Africa by addressing unpaid care and domestic work

    2 February 2020
  • Clarice Akinyi washes clothes in Mashimoni village, Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Katie G. Nelson/Oxfam

    Time to care

    20 January 2020
  • 28 years old Edna washes dishes outside her home in Masvingo District, Zimbabwe.

    Not all gaps are created equal: the true value of care work

    14 January 2020
  • Munyaradzi assists in getting water for Viola (22) who has just given birth at Somertone clinic, in Masvingo District, Zimbabwe. Thanks to Oxfam's solar piped water system the clinic now for the first time will have access to clean safe running water which will mean that expectant mothers will no longer have to bring their own water to the clinic.

    Women and care work: poor in time, choice, and voice

    14 January 2020
  • Traditional gender roles determine a large part of women’s economic status and fortunes in Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic.

    Do taxes influence inequality between women and men?

    21 August 2019