Revaluing Care in the Global Economy – Global Perspectives on Metrics, Governance, and Social Practices

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activists, and practitioners to rethink how care shapes our world.
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May 30, 2026

When care becomes infrastructure: community solidarity against gender violence in urban Mexico

In the outskirts of León, Guanajuato, where state institutions fall short, women have built community care networks that function as everyday infrastructure for surviving poverty and gender-based violence. Their practices are not perfect, but they make life liveable.

May 30, 2026

Investigar y escribir sobre cuidados mientras intentas cuidarte… y no morir en el intento

De ello que la encrucijada entre escribir sobre cuidados y no poder cuidar de ti misma por cuestiones estructurales como la explotación —o en este caso la autoexplotación a la que nos vemos forzadas a atenernos para sobrevivir— sea una de las grandes contradicciones que nos atraviesan como investigadoras que se encuentran haciendo una revaloración de este tipo de trabajo.

March 29, 2026

Commuting, Care and Wellbeing

Depopulation in rural areas is driven by youth outmigration and ageing. Limited access to jobs and services increases reliance on commuting, creating time burdens that disproportionately affect women due to unequal care responsibilities, reducing their wellbeing.

March 14, 2026

Debilitating Care

Brazil’s Zika epidemic left thousands of children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS), most born to structurally vulnerable Black and mixed-race mothers who now carry the burden of lifelong care. The relentless demands of caregiving—shaped by poverty, fragmented services, and bureaucratic barriers—gradually wear mothers down physically and mentally. Their stories show how epidemics produce wider, unevenly distributed forms of embodied harm beyond those directly diagnosed with disease.

February 8, 2026

Care Norms and Carebots

Can robots care well? In thinking about our budding relationships with embodied AI, it is essential to reflect on the emergent norms that makes care possible for machines and humans alike.

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