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Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Utah Women Stats Research Snapshot

Volume

54

Publisher

Utah Women & Leadership Project

Publication Date

7-2-2024

First Page

1

Last Page

4

Abstract

Unpaid work, including childcare, eldercare, housework, and other tasks, is vitally important to the foundations of strong families, communities, and nations; in fact, such domestic work has been called “the work that makes all other work possible.”1 According to Oxfam, the monetary value of women’s unpaid work is estimated to be $10.8 trillion each year,2 and women worldwide spend a significantly larger portion of time than men performing this critical work.3 This happens for many reasons, including personal values and choices, cultural and social norms, unconscious biases, and specific economic and employment considerations. Researchers and thought leaders urge individuals and societies to recognize that unpaid work is indeed work, to value it as such, and to explore how unpaid work can be more evenly distributed.

This research snapshot focuses on three areas:

  1. Provides an overview of unpaid care work and its division between women and men both globally and locally,
  2. Explores factors leading to high rates of unpaid work among Utah women, as well as the resulting implications, and
  3. Shares approaches to redistribute unpaid work to ensure Utah women can address other vital areas of their lives.

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