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International Women's Day 2004
Health Care in the Home: Invisible Work
March 8th 2004
Washington, D.C.
The UN began observing IWD on March 8th 1975, calling upon States to contribute to the creation of conditions for the elimination of discrimination against women and for their full and equal participation in social development. This year, we focus on women's invisible and unpaid contribution to the development of health in our Region, and we call for recognition of this contribution in national health accounts, and health sector policies.
Summary
Modern health systems are able to operate because women are willing to shoulder the burden of care for their partners, family members, friends and communities.
Women have historically been responsible for the care of sick and disabled family members as an extension of their domestic roles. Over recent years however, a number of factors have combined to increase women's burden of unpaid health work; including an ageing population, an increase in the incidence of diseases that require long-term care, and an increasing reliance from the health sector on ambulatory care and out-patient services. This is happening at a time when the entry of women into the workforce means a decrease in the numbers of available unpaid health workers.
Presentations
- Health Care in the Home: Invisible Work
Mirta Roses, Director PAHO/WHO (via teleconference)
- International Women's Day in Nicaragua
José Antonio Alvarado, Minister of Health, Nicaragua (via teleconference)
- The Economic Impact of Unremunerated Health Work
María Rosa Renzi, Economics Unit, UNDP / UNIFEM Focal Point for Nicaragua
- Thinking it Through: Women, Work and Caring
Pat Armstrong, Professor, Department of Sociology, York University (Canada)
- National Health Accounts and Unremunerated Work
Ruben Suarez Berenguela, Health Policies and Systems Unit, PAHO/WHO
- Human Resources in Health and Unremunerated Work
Felix Rigoli, Human Resources Development Unit, PAHO/WHO
Coordinated by:
The Gender and Health Unit - PAHO
Email: hdw@paho.org
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