Unpaid care work: Women hit hard in society!

Unpaid care work: Women hit hard in society!

Völkermarkt, Österreich - On World Women's Day, an event on the subject of “Surve-and-out aging and unpaid care work” took place in Völkermarkt. The municipality of Völkermarkt and the Zoom cultural center organized the event. Vice Mayor Aaron Radaelli welcomed those present, including many women and nurses who received free admission. Erwin Neuwirth presented the event and led the audience through an emotional journey.

The event illuminated the immense importance of unpaid care work, which is mainly done by women. This includes tasks such as cooking, cleaning, gathering water and fuel as well as the care of children and the elderly. According to Global Citizen , the total value of this work is estimated at 10 to 39 percent of gross domestic product, although it is considered less valuable as paid work.

poetry and personal stories

A highlight of the event was the reading of Tellla “Raven” Christl, which performed her poetic text “All the falling stars”. In her work, she addressed self -abandonment, delimitation and self -love in the context of unpaid care work by women. These aspects are of great importance, especially in view of the continuing challenges in the area of care work. A subsequent discussion round, led by Erwin Neuwirth, Stellla Christl and Julia Reinprecht, was about promoting consciousness and solving the problems in the area of unpaid care work.

The international situation is alarming: Before the Covid 19 pandemic, women spent three times as much time with unpaid care and housework as men. The pandemic tightened the location and excluded many women from the labor market. The estimates that unpaid care work could make up a tenth of global economic performance if it had the same importance as paid work. The gender Care Gap, which describes the discrepancy between the times that men and women spend on unpaid work, is currently 44.3 percent.