Nurses, social workers and teachers: Women are most of our carers, but who cares for them?
The Stats SA report says South Africa needs to “recognise, reduce, and redistribute unpaid care work”, improve conditions for paid care workers and invest in accessible, quality care services.
The report, Gender Disparities in Care Work in South Africa, examines care work through household, education, employment, income and service-access data.
Stats SA warns that much unpaid care remains invisible because South Africa does not have recent time-use data to measure exactly how many hours people spend on domestic and caregiving responsibilities.
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