Gender Equality and Women Empowerment for Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Unpaid Work

• Main Author: Ranieses, Jessica Jaye
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: gender equality; women empowerment; sustainable development; COVID-19; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_cbrd/9; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/res_cbrd/article/1005/viewcontent/DLSU_Business_Notes_and_Briefings_Vol_10_2.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This article focuses on women – a sector that has been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic due to unpaid care work. Unpaid work refers to “all unpaid services provided within a household for its members, including care of persons and housework” (Elson, 2000, as cited by Xue & Mc...