caregivers

This house overwhelms me and no one is grateful

Thousands of women are taking on vital and invisible domestic work. Innovative policies like Manzanas del Cuidado (Caregiving Blocks) in Bogotá, Colombia, offer support and recognition, but cultural changes are still needed. Journalist Camila Ramírez tells the story of the “blocks” in this piece created with a Gender Equity Reporting Fellowship from the Latin American […]

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