Centring care in Covid-19 economic recovery: a five-point care package

March 2022

Briefing: As high-level negotiations shape our economic future, there is emerging consensus on the need for a socially just and sustainable Covid-19 economic recovery, with growing awareness of the need to centre the “care economy” in this process. In this briefing, the Gender and Development Network and Women’s Budget Group propose a “care package” outlining the actions needed in five areas: invest in social infrastructure; create decent work for underpaid carers; recognise unpaid care work; provide universally accessible social protection; and re-value care and well-being putting them at the heart of Covid-19 economic recovery.