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Policy Briefing 51

Connecting Unpaid Care Work and Childhood Development for Gains in Women and Children’s Rights

Published on 5 July 2025

Women’s rights and children’s rights directly influence each other, yet there have been few successes at tackling the agendas collaboratively thus limiting the quality of policy and practice in both areas.

Integrating unpaid care concerns into early childhood development policies has the potential to positively reinforce both women’s and children’s rights. Addressing this challenge involves recognising the value of unpaid care work in relation to childcare, redistributing childcare responsibilities from women to men, and recognising that responsibility for children goes beyond the immediate family to the collective community and the state.

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Chopra, D (2014) Connecting Unpaid Care Work and Childhood Development for Gains in Women and Children’s rights, IDS Policy Briefing 51, IDS: Brighton

Authors

Deepta Chopra

Professorial Research Fellow

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published by
IDS
authors
Chopra, Deepta
journal
IDS Policy Briefing, issue 51
language
English

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