Care Work and Caregivers: Global Challenges and Regional Perspectives for Inclusive Social Development (CSocD64 Side Event).
Care Work and Caregivers: Global Challenges and Regional Perspectives for Inclusive Social Development (CSocD64 Side Event).
The general objective of this 64th Session of the Commission for Social Development side event organized by Nigeria is to advance global understanding of care work as a human rights issue and to support inter-regional strategies that strengthen the protection, resilience, and recognition of caregivers through coordinated, equitable, and inclusive policies.
The forum will be conducted as a half-day session in alignment with the CSocD64
agenda. It will include:
• A keynote address establishing the human rights and policy framework of care
work.
• Regional presentations reflecting experiences from Latin America, Africa, Asia,
and the Caribbean.
• An inter-regional dialogue and exchange among policymakers, legal experts,
civil society organizations, and community representatives.
Care work—both paid and unpaid—sustains life, wellbeing, and the social and
economic functioning of all societies. Yet across regions it remains largely invisible,
feminized, and undervalued.
The forum aims to advance global dialogue on care work and caregiving as a human
rights issue and a cornerstone of social development and social justice, while also
recognizing the role of culture, arts, and inclusive forms of expression as
complementary tools for dignity, participation, and social inclusion.
By integrating policy dialogue, legal perspectives, and cultural expression, the forum
seeks to promote resilient care and support systems that contribute to poverty
eradication, uphold human dignity, and strengthen social cohesion, particularly for
caregivers, persons with disabilities, autistic persons, and older persons.
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