Launch of a Project to Redress Uneven Burden of Unpaid Care Work in Uganda

Unpaid care work is widely undervalued and disproportionately done by women. In Uganda, women and girls spend around twenty hours per week on unpaid care work—twice as much time as men and boys.
The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated the unpaid care burden and increased the demand for home care. This disproportionate burden constrains women’s ability to participate in paid employment.

Through a Project titled “From promises to action: Shifting gender norms and public perceptions about unpaid care work in workplaces and families in Uganda”, a consortium of three organisations that is Makerere University School of Women and Gender Studies, the Economic Policy Research Centre and CARE International in Uganda will undertake a study to explore what strategies are most effective and scalable to reduce and redistribute the women’s unpaid care work burden. The generated evidence shall inform policies and community actions to further address social and gender norms, especially in the COVID-19 context.

Venue: Protea hotel Kampala.

Time: 11am to 1pm

Date: April 27, 2021

Join by Zoom here: https://zoom.us/j/96618154112?pwd=S0wyVXkvbHlNc2s3UVhhL2lkYmF5Zz09

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