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UN-INSTRAW Research -
Global Care Chains (since 2008)
The work of the applied research
results in a deeper understanding of the conceptual framework of the area, and
since 2008 this includes a new strategic focus of analysis which examines the
structural causes of gender inequalities within the context of global care
chains. Past work on remittances has opened new conceptual and physical spaces
that has influenced the current project on global care chains and has also
established a new UN-INSTRAW office in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,
España where four case studies are being coordinated about the role of female
migration from Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia (countries of origin) and the social
reorganization of care in Spain (destination country) and from Peru and Chile.
Finally in this same effort to work on the structural causes of gender
inequalities in the issue of migration and therefore development, the latest
version of the conceptual framework identifies another strategic issue: that of
migration policies from a rights approach. On the other hand, we need to create
bridges between different areas of UN-INSTRAW. So far a first reflective
document was produced with the Political Participation unit. The document investigates the link between
economic and political fields, with a goal to identify synergies and changes
required for us to discuss development. It guarantees access to and an exercise
of equal rights between men and women. This aspect of the work is still in its
initial phase.
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