Políticas de cuidados en ALC
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Cuidar con Dignidad: Hacia un Sistema Integral de Atención Domiciliaria para Personas Mayores en la República Dominicana
This Policy Brief presents the main findings of the study *Caring with Dignity: Toward a Comprehensive Home Care System in the Dominican Republic*, which aimed to evaluate the program from the perspectives of rights, decent work, and the care economy. Rather than merely measuring the program’s outcomes, the study analyzes its capacity to contribute to […]
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Tiempo para mujeres: de lo local a las políticas transformadoras. Evaluación de experiencias de cuidado infantil en Río Grande, Argentina
Within this framework, the Latin American Justice and Gender Team (ELA) evaluated two care programs implemented by the Secretariat of Gender and Community Development of the Municipality of Río Grande. The city’s specific territorial characteristics—the presence of migrant families with limited support networks, the great distances between neighborhoods, access to transportation, and weather conditions—make it […]
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Reconocer el cuidado desde las cosmovisiones étnicas: Aportes desde una investigación participativa para el capítulo étnico del Sistema Nacional de Cuidado en Colombia
The “Tejiendo Cuidados” project emerged in this context as an initiative to document, highlight, and value the care practices carried out by women from ethnic communities. This study, sponsored by the Ministry of Equality and Equity, Simón Bolívar University, and the Women of the Ethnic Commission for Peace, represents an unprecedented effort to build knowledge […]
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Corresponsabilidad comunitaria en los cuidados: evidencia desde los Centros Comunitarios de Cuidados “Chile Cuida”
This policy brief presents the main findings of a 2025 study that identified the conditions that promote or hinder community-based shared responsibility in Community Care Centers across four regional contexts. The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Chile conducted the research in collaboration with the Undersecretariat of Social Services of the Ministry of […]
