The rights‐based approach to care policies: Latin American experience

Autores
Esquivel, Valeria Renata
Año de publicación
2017
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inglés
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Care policies are high on the public policy agenda in Latin America. This is partly explained by the region's structural conditions, typical of middle-income countries, such as increasing life expectancy and women's relatively high participation in the labour market, but also by the politicization of care, derived from the recognition that the unequal distribution of care provision is a powerful driver of gender and income inequalities. Women's movements have positioned care policies high on their own agendas and, with varying degrees, States have progressed in the implementation of care policies, supported by a strong gender-equality agenda which is framed within a rights-based approach to social protection. This article presents the Uruguayan and Costa Rican “care systems” as examples of Latin America's rights-based approach to care policies. It succinctly explains their political and institutional evolution, and presents the main features of their legal frameworks. It pays particular attention to the actors that have mobilized to support and, eventually, shape them. It also identifies the dimensions that are singled out by other countries in the process of replicating and adapting these examples to build their own “care systems” following a rights-based approach to care policies. The article closes with a focus on implementation challenges.
Fil: Esquivel, Valeria Renata. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Materia
CARE WORK
CARE WORKER
COSTA RICA
GENDER
LATIN AMERICA
SOCIAL POLICY
URUGUAY
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acceso abierto
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The rights‐based approach to care policies: Latin American experience
title The rights‐based approach to care policies: Latin American experience
spellingShingle The rights‐based approach to care policies: Latin American experience
Esquivel, Valeria Renata
CARE WORK
CARE WORKER
COSTA RICA
GENDER
LATIN AMERICA
SOCIAL POLICY
URUGUAY
title_short The rights‐based approach to care policies: Latin American experience
title_full The rights‐based approach to care policies: Latin American experience
title_fullStr The rights‐based approach to care policies: Latin American experience
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CARE WORKER
COSTA RICA
GENDER
LATIN AMERICA
SOCIAL POLICY
URUGUAY
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CARE WORKER
COSTA RICA
GENDER
LATIN AMERICA
SOCIAL POLICY
URUGUAY
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Fil: Esquivel, Valeria Renata. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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