Webinar—Missing voices: Girls in the care economy

Document Type

Audio/Video

Publication Date

10-30-2024

Streaming Media

Abstract

As part of the International Day of the Girl Child 2024’s theme “Girls’ Vision for the Future,” it was essential to consider how adolescent girls envision their role in the future care economy. The care economy, which includes both paid and unpaid care work, disproportionately burdens women and girls, yet current policies largely overlook the distinct experiences of adolescent girls.

On October 30, 2024, the Population Council’s GIRL Center hosted a conversation among people with lived experience, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers on the implications for girls’ engagement in the care economy and how best to integrate their distinct needs in programs and policies to support their visions for the future.

Speakers included:

  • Dr. Annabel Erulkar, Population Council (Facilitator)
  • Maïmouna Bah, Population Council (Presenter)
  • Edith Murogo, Centre for Domestic Training and Development
  • Winnie Nelima, Centre for Domestic Training and Development
  • Amar Nijhawan, International Development Research Center
  • Chiku Semfuko, International Labour Organization

The webinar was conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation in French and Spanish.

Language

English

Project

GIRL Center

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