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It’s Time To Recognise The Value Of Unpaid Care Work

Did you know that if valued on the basis of a minimum hourly wage, the annual global financial value of unpaid care work would be a whopping $10.8 trillion?

Globally, women perform 75% of all unpaid care work, four times more than men. But care work is real work; it deserves to be recognised, rewarded, and above all, redistributed, to ensure that women do not continue to carry the disproportionate burden.

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