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SUMMARY:Equalities and Employment in 2020
DESCRIPTION:Join the UK Women’s Budget Group and the Trades Union Congress to discuss how to protect women’s working rights in the age of coronavirus October 19th 2:00pm – 3:00pm BST (London time)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nJoin the UK Women’s Budget Group (WBG) and Trades Union Congress (TUC) for this special event to discuss the launch of WBG’s Commission on a Gender-Equal Economy and ask\, how can we stop 2020 turning back the clock on women’s rights\, workers’ rights and inequalities across the board?  \nThis event will be on Zoom and Chaired by Sian Elliott\, Women’s Equality Policy Officer\, TUC. Speakers include:  \n\nSarah Veale\, Commissioner and Vice Chair of Equally Ours\nGloria Mills\, National Secretary Equalities at Unison\nFaiza Shaheen\, Commissioner and Director of CLASS\nRuth Cross\, National Equalities Officer\, Usdaw\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic has changed the world of work beyond compare. The good news for gender equality is that millions are now working flexibly and remotely. The bad news? That many parents\, especially mothers\, are doing so without adequate childcare whilst hundreds of sectors including manufacturing and hospitality face the double threat of lockdown and a no deal Brexit. Ten years on from the Equality Act 2010\, many women are facing new waves of discrimination and exclusion. We’re facing the biggest employment crisis of our times. \nWork is a huge part of all our lives and has a defining role in creating a genuinely gender equal economy for women\, in all their diversity. On this panel we’ll ask: \n\nWhat needs to change at work to encourage equal pay\, equal sharing of unpaid caring responsibilities and non-discrimination?\nHow are trade unions challenging increasing casualisation in the workplace\, promoting equality and organising women workers?\nWhat do we need to see from the Government to not only protect jobs but create them in a way that means women and men equally benefit and\, we respond to the climate emergency?\n\nCome along to consider the recommendations of the Commission’s final report ‘Creating a Caring Economy Now: a Call to Action’ and discuss how trade unions and others can turn these recommendations into action. \nThis event is free and open to all\, but registration is required. Joining instructions will be sent nearer to the time of the event. \n\nRegister here
URL:https://research.american.edu/careworkeconomy/event/equalities-and-employment-in-2020/
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SUMMARY:Care is on the ballot: Why COVID-19 should push American voters to pay greater attention to the care economy
DESCRIPTION:Donald Trump and Joe Biden present American voters with a stark choice when it comes to policies about the care economy. COVID-19 has underscored the importance of health care\, child and elder-care\, and education. While President Trump’s second term agenda largely ignores the care economy\, former Vice President Biden offers plans that recognize the value of care work and care workers – intrinsically and as a pillar of the economy. As this Big Thinking lecture will show\, the dilemmas about reopening schools offer insights into the importance of taking the care economy seriously this election – and the implications for how Americans provide and receive care if voters do not. \nRachel K. Brickner is Professor of Politics\, Acadia University. Her ongoing research explores the politics of public education in the United States and Canada through the lens of a feminist ethic of care. Her scholarly interests have an overarching focus on labour rights and workers’ activism throughout the Americas. She is concurrently working on projects exploring the policy implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers in Nova Scotia. Earlier work\, including SSHRC-funded research\, has focused on union activism of women and precarious workers in the food service industry\, as well as the rights of migrant workers. \nModerator: Ito Peng\, Canada Research Chair in Global Social Policy\, University of Toronto \nTuesday\, October 27\, 2020 \n12:00 to 13:00 ET \nVirtual lecture \nREGISTER NOW
URL:https://research.american.edu/careworkeconomy/event/care-is-on-the-ballot-why-covid-19-should-push-american-voters-to-pay-greater-attention-to-the-care-economy/
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SUMMARY:Report Release: India Inequality Report 2020 — On Women's Backs
DESCRIPTION:Wed\, Oct 28\, 2020 7:00 AM – 8:05 AM EDT\, 4:30 PM IST \nOxfam India is releasing the 2020 India Inequality Report — On Women’s Backs — on 28th Oct. The latest NSSO survey has revealed that the average Indian woman spends 243 minutes\, which is almost ten times of the 25 minutes that an average man spends on household unpaid care work. The gendered division of labour between the caregiver woman and the breadwinner man breeds gender inequality. What makes it unequal is that the work that women do\, is not valued as productive formal labour that brings in income\, their needs and rights go unnoticed. Our panelists Prof Diane Elson and Prof Jayati Ghosh\, in a discussion moderated by Rupali Mehra\, will unpack and highlight the intersections between violence against women and the unpaid care work they perform. \nRegister Here
URL:https://research.american.edu/careworkeconomy/event/report-release-india-inequality-report-2020-on-womens-backs/
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