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- Oxfam is a confederation of 19 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty.
- It focuses on the impact that unpaid and underpaid care work has on-
- The prospects and livelihoods of women and girls across the world – and how that’s driving growing inequality.
- Women and girls put in 12.5 billion hours of unpaid work every day.
- From fetching firewood and water, to looking after children and the elderly, women often bear the burden of essential unpaid work.
- Women in Uganda, Zimbabwe, India, the Philippines and Kenya spending 40 minutes more each day on activities like collecting water and fuel
- India’s richest 10% control more than 74% of the national wealth.
6 SOLUTIONS TO CLOSE THE GAP
- Invest in universal access to safe water, sanitation, universal childcare, eldercare and care for people with
- End extreme wealth to end extreme poverty, by taxing
- Legislate to protect the rights of all carer.
- Ensure carers have influence on decision-making
- Challenge harmful norms and sexist beliefs that see care work as the responsibility of women and girls.
- Value care in business policies and practices, such as crèches and childcare vouchers, flexible working hours and paid leave.
LORENZ CURVE
- Developed in 1906 by Max Lorenz.
- It is a graphical representation of income inequality.
- Farther the curve from baseline, higher will be the inequality.
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