Care Work
Care work describes the activities of caring and looking after others. This includes childcare or care for the elderly, but also family support, home care or helping friends. In the past, this work was predominantly carried out by women, often as unpaid domestic work that was considered necessary and taken for granted by society. But with the changing gender order, housework, care and support are also being redistributed - still predominantly between women. Migrant women from poor countries meet the increasing demand in countries of the global North.