REALITY: Women shoulder a disproportionate burden of unpaid care and are overrepresented in care jobs because of gender stereotypes and social norms.
The reality is women have their own desires and their own needs, including paid work, which is not an option for many.
What does that look like? Globally, women perform 76.2 percent of total hours of global unpaid care work, more than three times as much as men! For example, during the pandemic women did an additional 512 billion hours of unpaid care work at home. |
MYTH: Families alone should be responsible for caring for their family members |
REALITY: Families juggle so much and it doesn't have to be that way. Expecting all families to be 100% responsible for caring for their family members is not universal, realistic, or equitable. Government entities across the board have a role to play in making sure families can access the care they need while building a life of joy. |
MYTH: Care work isn’t skilled work |
REALITY: Care work requires extensive training, knowledge, skill, and a deep commitment. It requires physical strength, emotional intelligence, and strong interpersonal skills. Framing care work as unskilled work is a large reason care work is consistently undervalued and underpaid, despite the profound impact it has on families’ lives. |
Each one of these myths hold domestic workers back from achieving the dignity, respect and rights they deserve.
Join our Care Champions team to help us fight back: we’ll email you some myth-busting graphics to share on your personal social media! You’ll also get entered to win some NDWA swag for helping us spread the word.
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Thank you for all you do, The NDWA Team |
