ILO Care Economy

Scope and limitations

Definitions, statistics and policy resources on paid and unpaid care work, care jobs and care infrastructure.

Limitations: Global policy syntheses require local legal, fiscal and labor-market validation.

Open external source

Issue packet placements

42 issue packet placement(s). A placement does not extend the source beyond its recorded scope.

• Aging & Long-Term Care · Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure
• Biomedical Research, Rare Disease & Therapeutic Access · Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure
• Care Economy · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Child Welfare, Foster Care & Youth Development · Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure
• Childcare & Early Learning · Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure
• Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making · Structural & Systemic Gender Inequality
• Climate Displacement & Insurance · Climate, Environment, Land & Resilience
• Climate & Public Health · Climate, Environment, Land & Resilience
• Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services · Structural & Systemic Gender Inequality
• Education, Skills, STEM & Digital Access · Structural & Systemic Gender Inequality
• Fertility & Family Formation · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Gender-Based Safety · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Healthcare Affordability & Access · Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure
• Housing Security · Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure
• Immigrant Worker Rights · Immigration, Refuge & Displacement
• Income & Wealth Security · Economy, Labor, Wealth & Mobility
• Institutional Protection, Justice, Survivor Remedy & Redress · Structural & Systemic Gender Inequality
• LGBTQ+ Aging & Long-Term Care · LGBTQ+ Equality, Safety & Belonging
• Maternal Health Equity · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Men in Indo-Tibetan & Himalayan Communities · Indo-Tibetan & Himalayan Issues
• Mental Health Access & Crisis Systems · Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure
• Pay Equity & Occupational Mobility · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access · Structural & Systemic Gender Inequality
• Public-Health Preparedness & Infectious Disease · Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure
• Reproductive Access · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Substance Use, Overdose Prevention & Recovery · Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure
• Women in Agriculture & Food Systems · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women in Education & Academia · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women‚Äôs Entrepreneurship & Small-Business Ownership · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women in Finance & Professional Services · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women in Healthcare & Care Work · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women in Hospitality, Retail & Service Work · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women in Law, Courts & Public Safety · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women in Manufacturing & Industrial Work · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women in Media, Arts & Entertainment · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women‚Äôs Political Leadership · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women in Skilled Trades & Construction · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women in Technology & Engineering · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women in Transportation & Logistics · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Women, Disability & Health Access · Women’s Rights, Safety & Civic Power
• Worker Power & Labor Standards · Economy, Labor, Wealth & Mobility
• Workplace Leadership, Bargaining, Governance & Accountability · Structural & Systemic Gender Inequality

Publication and provenance

Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.

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