At the center of these crises is the care work historically shouldered by women. Care is the daily reproduction of life, the foundation upon which life itself exists - human and planetary - and economies function.

The current social organisation of care: how care needs are met; the interrelation of unpaid care work, (under) paid care work, public provisioning, private provisioning and community based care arrangements is fundamentally unbalanced, unequal and ultimately unsustainable. It places the burden, the weight, and the majority of the work necessary on women’s care and domestic work.

At home and within communities, through global care chains where women living in poverty, black and brown women from the Global South fill in the care gap while being underpaid and in precarious work conditions through services, both public and private. This injustice is doubled and tripled in the case of women who experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination because of their class, race, sexual orientation/ identification, disability, age or migrant status, amongst other dimensions.

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This care crisis undergirded by a gender and racialised international division of labour must end!

States often excuse their failure to realize women’s rights by citing their lack of financial resources. The broken international tax system - and the neoliberal economic system at large - continues to facilitate extraction of wealth from the people - in particular from the Global South - while concentrating it into the hands of an elite few - mostly men in the Global North.

Meanwhile, deregulation, privatization, fiscal consolidation (austerity) and crushing neo-colonial debt burdens further entrench these extreme power imbalances between women and men, Global South and Global North, workers and corporations. This depletes global and local resources to fund quality public care services and allow for decent, well paid care work and universal social protection.

Within this context, regressive national tax policies, often encouraged or imposed by international financial institutions, undermine States’ responsibility to provide public services that ensure rights.

We demand an end to the dominant paradigm and economic system that not only undermines women’s rights but exacerbates gender inequality. We demand an end to States’ lack of willingness, resource allocations, and capacity to organise care as a public good. We reject and challenge the corporate capture of many of the States who are failing to comply with their obligation to respect, protect and fulfil human rights. We demand that States resource care as a public good and a collective social responsibility, rather than a household’s "private" responsibility which mainly falls to women. This path leads to the breakdown of humanity and the planet, as it breaks down women. We must end it now!

We call for crafting a global movement to rebuild the social organisation of care joining forces to:

• Recognise the social and economic value of care work (paid or not) and the human right to care.

• Reward and remunerate care work with equal pay for work of equal value, decent pensions, dignified working conditions and comprehensive social protection.

• Reduce the burden of unpaid care work on women.

• Redistribute care work within households, among all workers, eliminating the sexual division of labour and between households and State.

• Reclaim the public nature of care services and restore the duty and the primary responsibility of the State to provide public care services and develop care systems that transform gender relations and women's lives - including by financing State´s capacity to invest through fair and progressive taxation and ensuring internationally equal taxing rights of nation States.

#MakeCarePublic - #MakeTaxesWorkForWomen

Signatories:

Organisations

1. Public Services International - PSI

2. ActionAid International

3. Center for Economic and Social Rights - CESR

4. Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era - DAWN

5. Global Alliance for Tax Justice - GATJ

6. Womankind Worldwide

7. European Federation of Public Service Unions - EPSU

8. Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women

9. Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

10. International Trade Union Confederation - ITUC

11. Tax Justice Network

12. Bretton Woods Project

13. Oxfam International

14. Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)

15. Right to Education Initiative

16. PICUM- Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants
    

17. Albania - Trade Union of Building, Wood and Public Service of Albania (TUBWPSA)

18. Argentina - Asociación del personal de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (APUBA)

19. Argentina - Asociación Civil GES Gestión Educativa y Social

20. Argentina - Confederación de Trabajadores Municipales (CTM)

21. Argentina - Asociación del Personal Superior de Empresas de Energía (APSEE)

22. Argentina - Asociación del Personal de los Organismos de Control (APOC)

23. Argentina - Federación Sindical de Profesionales de la Salud de la República Argentina (FESPROSA)

24. Armenia - Republican Branch Trade Union of Health Workers of Armenia (HWUA)

25. Armenia - Union of State, Local Government and Public Service Employees (USLGPSEA)

26. Belarus - Organisation "Social changes"

27. Belgium - European Public Service Union - EPSU

28. Bosnia and Herzegovina - Association "Novi put"

29. Brazil - Sindicato dos Enfermeiros do Estado de São Paulo

30. Brazil - Sindicato dos Servidores Públicos Federais no Estado de Pernambuco - SINDSEP/PE

31. Brazil - Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Saúde (CNTS)

32. Brazil - ReHuNa - The Brazilian Network for the Humanization of Childbirth

33. Brazil - Coletivo Flores de Lótus

34. Brazil - Sindicato dos médicos de São Paulo - SIMESP

35. Brazil - CUT BRASIL

36. Brazil - Sindicato dos Trabalhadores na Administração Pública e Autarquias no Município de São Paulo (SINDSEP-SP)

37. Brazil - Sindicato Psicólogos do Estado de São Paulo

38. Brazil - Sindicato dos trabalhadores do CEETEPS- SINTEPS

39. Brazil - SINDAGUA - MS

40. Brazil - Sindicato dos Enfermeiros do Rio de Janeiro (SINDENF-RJ)

41. Cameroon - Féd. Synd. Employés Santé, Pharmacies & Assimilés du Cameroun (FSESPAC)

42. Canada - YWCA Canada

43. Canada - Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux APTS

44. Canada - Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW-ICREF)

45. Canada - Child Care Now

46. Canada - Syndicat des professionnelles et professionnels du gouvernement du Québec

47. Canada - Syndicat des professionnelles et professionnels du gouvernement du Québec

48. Chile - Coordinadora No Más Afp Valdivia

49. Chile - Confederación Nacional de Funcionarixs de Salud Municipal (CONFUSAM)

50. Colombia - Sindicato de Trabajadores de Acuavalle SA ESP (SINTRACUAVALLE)

51. Colombia - Sindicato Nacional de Empleados Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (SINEDIAN)

52. Costa Rica - Global Campaign for Education (GCE)

53. Costa Rica - Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Universidad Nacional (SITUN)

54. Costa Rica - Sindicato de Empleados del Ministerio de Hacienda (SINDHAC)

55. Czech Republic - Trade Union of the Health Service and Social Care of the Czech Republic (OS ZSP ČR)

56. Denmark - K.U.L.U.-Women and Development

57. Denmark - HopeNow

58. Dominica - Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU)

59. Ecuador - Coalición Nacional de Mujeres del Ecuador

60. Ecuador - Luna Creciente Ecuador

61. Ecuador - Ecuador Confederation of Free Trade Union Organizations (CEOSL)

62. Ecuador - Colectivo mujeres de asfalto / Fundacion de accion social e integral mujeres de asfalto

63. Eswatini - Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union

64. Fiji - Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality

65. Gabon - Fédération Libre des Agents des Collectivités Locales du Gabon (FAL)

66. Germany - KOK - German NGO Network against Trafficking in Human Beings

67. Ghana - Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association

68. Jamaica - Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers

69. Jamaica - Jamaica Civil Service Association

70. Japan - JICHIRO

71. Kenya - Union of Kenya Civil Servants

72. Kenya - Jamaa REsource Initiatives

73. Kenya - Nawi - Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective

74. Liberia - National Health Workers' Union of Liberia(NAHWUL)

75. Lithuania - Lithuanian Trade Union of State, Budget and Public Service Employees (LTUSE)

76. Malaysia - International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW Asia Pacific)

77. Mauritius - Federation of Parastatal Bodies and Other Unions (FPBOU)

78. Mexico - Impulsac, A.C.

79. Mexico - Centro de Derechos Humanos Fr. Francisco de Vitoria O.P., A.C.

80. Mexico - Sindicato Único de Trabajadores Profesionistas, Administrativos y Manuales del Poder Judicial del Estado de Yucatán

81. Mexico - Sindicato Único de Trabajadores Profesionistas, Administrativos y Manuales del Poder Judicial del Estado de Yucatán

82. Mexico - Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (STUNAM)

83. Nepal - National Campaign for Sustainable Development Nepal

84. Nepal - Alliance Against Trafficking in Women and Children in Nepal (AATWIN)

85. Nepal - Women's Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC)

86. Netherlands - La Strada International

87. New Zealand - New Zealand Public Service Association (NZPSA)

88. Nicaragua - Red Nicaragüense de Comercio Comunitario (RENICC)

89. Nigeria - National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives

90. Norway - PION - Sex worker's interestorganization in Norway

91. Pakistan - Shirakat - Partnership for Development

92. Paraguay - Sindicato de Funcionarios Judiciales del Paraguay SIFJUPAR

93. Paraguay - Asociación Paraguaya de Enfermeria

94. Philippines - Public Services Labor Independent Confederation

95. Saint Lucia - St. Lucia Civil Service Association

96. Senegal - Syndicat National des Agents de l'Administration Publique et Parapublique (SNAAP)

97. Serbia - ASTRA-Anti trafficking action

98. Taiwan - Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital Corporate Union (DMFCYCHCU)

99. Tanzania - Researchers, Academicians and Allied Workers Union (RAAWU)

100. Trinidad and Tobago - National Union of Government and Federated Workers (NUGFW)

101. Turkey - Human Resource Development Foundation

102. Uganda - MEMPROW - Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for Young Women

103. Ukraine - CSO "La Strada-Ukraine"

104. United Kingdom - UNISON

105. United States - Sisters of Charity Federation

106. United States - AFT Women Rights Committee, American Federation of Teachers

Individuals:

1. Argentina - Viviana Garcia - iFCI-fesprosa

2. Argentina - Ana Trifiro - APTS FESPROSA

3. Argentina - María Alejandra Arlegui - SUTEPA- Sindicato Unido de Trabajadores y Empleados del Pami

4. Argentina - Gerardo Codina -

5. Argentina - Rocio - Universidad De Avellaneda - UNDAV

6. Argentina - Karina Navone - Sindicato Gran Buenos Aires de Trabajadores de Obras Sanitarias (SGBATOS )

7. Argentina - Ramona Lopez - APTASCH FESPROSA

8. Argentina - Mirta Gloria Viola - Sitrasap- Fesprosa- CTA A

9. Argentina - Miguel Aguirre -

10. Argentina - Mirta - Salud

11. Argentina - Mariano Diaz Briz - FESPROSA

12. Armenia - Armaghanova Gayane - Republican Branch Trade Union of Health Workers of Armenia (HWUA)

13. Armenia - Arsen Igityan - Union of State, Local Government and Public Service Employees (USLGPSEA)

14. Australia - Tom Reddington - Public Services International

15. Belgium - Catherine Boeckx - EPSU

16. Belgium - Claire Wouters - ACOD/CGSP

17. Brazil - Euan Gibb - PSI Interamerica

18. Brazil - Aline Cyrillo - Entrepreneur

19. Brazil - Carolina Pastorin Castineira - Sindicato dos médicos de São Paulo - SIMESP

20. Brazil - Denise Motta Dau - Internacional de Serviciós Publicos

21. Brazil - Eliane Aparecida da Cruz - Setorial Nacional de Saúde do PT

22. Brazil - Euan Gibb - Public Services International

23. Brazil - Ozanir Evangela Oliveira - Sindsep Quixadá

24. Brazil - Geici Maiara Brig - Sindicato Único dos Trabalhadores no Serviço Público Municipal de Blumenau (SINTRASEB)

25. Brazil - João Guilherme de Paula Martins - Sindicato dos Trabalhadores Públicos da Saúde no Estado de São Paulo (SINDSAÚDE-SP)

26. Brazil - Jucélia Vargas Vieira de Jesus - CONFETAM CUT

27. Brazil - Kátia Cristina Rodrigues Silva -

28. Brazil - Kátia Cristina Rodrigues Silva - Federação dos Sindicatos dos Servidores Públicos no Estado de São Paulo (FESSP-ESP)

29. Brazil - MARIA SALETE CROSS - Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Saúde (CNTS)

30. Brazil - Sheila Maria Gonçalves da Silva -

31. Brazil - Sueli Silvia Adriano - Federação dos Trabalhadores Municipais de Santa Catarina (FETRAM-SC)

32. Brazil - Thiago Álvares Feital - UFMG

33. Bulgaria - Nadia Kozhouharova - Animus Association Foundation

34. Canada - Amar Nijhawan, she/her -

35. Canada - Laure Letarte-Lavoie - Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux APTS

36. Canada - Shirley Dorismond - Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec - FIQ

37. Canada - Michele Girash - Public Service Alliance of Canada

38. Chile - María Alicia - atención primaria de salud

39. Chile - Ana Maria Vera Haro - Candidatura Popular y Feminista a la Constituyente Distrito 23.

40. Chile - Andrea Brito Pérez - Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios de la Salud Municipalizada (CONFUSAM)

41. Chile - Angela Rifo C - Agrupación Nacional Empleados Fiscales (ANEF)

42. Chile - carolina aravena zuñiga - Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios de la Salud Municipalizada (CONFUSAM)

43. Chile - Celso - Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios de la Salud Municipalizada (CONFUSAM)

44. Chile - Claudia Frías Amestica - Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios de la Salud Municipalizada (CONFUSAM)

45. Chile - Elizabeth - Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios de la Salud Municipalizada (CONFUSAM)

46. Chile - Fabiola Fuentes Guzman - Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios de la Salud Municipalizada (CONFUSAM)

47. Chile - Gisella Valenzuela Artigas - Cecosf Escuadrón

48. Chile - Lennin Gallardo Valdés - Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios de la Salud Municipalizada (CONFUSAM)

49. Chile - Leonardo Parraguez Gallardo - Asociacion base de atención primaria la florida, CONFUSAM

50. Chile - Maria Elena Rozas Pino - Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios de la Salud Municipalizada (CONFUSAM)

51. Chile - Marianela Herrera Vera -

52. Chile - Nayareth Quevedo - ISP

53. Chile - Patricia mesina garcia -

54. Chile - Patricio Orellana Nuñez - Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios de la Salud Municipalizada (CONFUSAM)

55. Chile - Viviana Apablaza Gajardo - Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios de la Salud Municipalizada (CONFUSAM)

56. Chile - Virginia González Miranda - Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios de la Salud Municipalizada (CONFUSAM)

57. Chile - Carmen Albornoz Gallegos - Asociación de Fiscalizadores de Impuestos Internos de Chile (AFIICH)

58. Chile - Fernando Riveros - Anfsml

59. Chile - Nidia Bravo Osorio - Asociación Nacional de Empleados Impuestos Internos (ANEIICH)

60. Colombia - Gloria Silvia Ramirez Rojas - Asociación Sindical de Servidores Públicos del Ministerio de Defensa, Fuerzas Militares, Policía Nacional (ASODEFENSA)

61. Colombia - Ruth Lora Londoño - UNETE

62. Côte d'Ivoire - Ouattara épouse Nguessan Tiekhou Antoinette - Syndicat National des sages-femmes ivoiriennes (SYNSFI)

63. Ecuador - Angelica Ordonez - Asociación de Funcionarios y Empleados de la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar Subsede Ecuador (ASOUASB)

64. Ecuador - Vanessa Bosquez - Independiente

65. Ecuador - Ginger Tumbaco Quintero - Confederación Nacional de Servidores Públicos del Ecuador (CONASEP)

66. Ecuador - Gloria Minango Narváez - Consejo Nacional para la Igualdad de Género

67. Ecuador - Miguel Borja -

68. Ecuador - Maritza Zambrano - Sindicato Nacional Unico De Trabajadoras Remuneradas Del Hogar Ecuador

69. Ecuador - Sisa Madrid - Compañía Nacional de Danza

70. France - GIL - CFDT

71. France - Muriel Marcilloux - FNME CGT

72. France - Le Noc - CFDT SANTE SOCIAUX

73. France - William MONCEL - CFDT Santé-sociaux

74. France - Agustina Soto Acebal - Public Service International

75. France - Aurore Capelier -

76. France - Hazel Ripoll - Public Services International

77. France - Marcelo Netto - Public Services International

78. France - Mike Waghorne - Retired - formerly with PSI.

79. France - Veronika Tober - Public Services International

80. Germany - Alexa Wolfstädter - ver.di

81. Germany - Sophia Wirsching - German NGO Network against Trafficking in Human Beings - KOK e.V.

82. India - Banaani Deka - Public Services International

83. Italy - Nicoletta grieco - Fpcgil

84. Jamaica - Techa Clarke-Griffiths -

85. Lebanon - chahnaz El Zein - Public Services International

86. Lebanon - Joumana Al Azar - Public Services International

87. Mauritius - Manisha Goodary Tauckoor - Federation of Parastatal Bodies and Other Unions (FPBOU)

88. Mexico - Angélica Sánchez Santiago - Comunicacion Intercambio Y Desarrollo Humano En America Latina A C

89. Mexico - Guadalupe Guillermina Carmona - Centro de Apoyo para el Movimiento Popular de Occidente, A. C.

90. Mexico - Gina Guadalupe Arellano Castillo - Sindicato Democrático Independiente de Trabajadores del Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro

91. Mexico - ANA LAURA RAMÍREZ HUITRÓN - RED DE TRABAJADORAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN SNTE

92. Mexico - Lourdes García Acevedo - Frente Feminista NACIONAL

93. Mexico - MARIA DEL CARMEN ORDAZ - Coordinación Feminista Olimpia de Gouges, AC.

94. Mexico - Mercedes Olivera Bustamante - CDMCh

95. Mexico - Monica Jimenez - Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas

96. Mexico - Blanca velazquez - Centro de Apoyo al Trabajador

97. Nepal - Jeni Jain Thapa - Public Services International

98. New Zealand - David Gerbault -

99. New Zealand - Caleb Gordon - New Zealand Public Service Association (NZPSA)

100. New Zealand - Lucy Andreetti - New Zealand Public Service Association (NZPSA)

101. Pakistan - Abdul Haleem - All Pakistan Labour Federation (APLF)

102. Paraguay - David Campos - Sitrande

103. Paraguay - Rocio - APE

104. Paraguay - Silvia Beatriz Araújo Amarilla - Sitrama

105. Paraguay - Blanca Rodríguez Otazú - Asociación Paraguaya de Enfermeria

106. Paraguay - Fátima Fernández -

107. Paraguay - Maria Concepcion Chávez -

108. Philippines - Glen Q Pastorfide - Public Services International

109. Philippines - Victor G. Chiong - Public Services International

110. South Africa - Sandra van Niekerk - Public Services International

111. South Korea - Youngbae Chang - Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union (KPTU)

112. Spain - Dolores Gómez Jiménez -

113. Spain - Alejandra Lago Cameselle -

114. Spain - María Jesús de la Flor -

115. Spain - Angel Gasque -

116. Spain - Ángel Iglesias Fernández - UGT Coruña

117. Spain - María Ángeles Fernández Cillero - Organización Mundial De Cuidados

118. Spain - Carlos Agrasar Cruz -

119. Spain - Carlos Dãaz del Rão - UGT

120. Spain - María -

121. Spain - FeSP UGT Tarragona - FeSP UGT

122. Spain - Sector de Enseñanza - FeSP-UGT

123. Spain - Delia Irene Martinez Conde -

124. Spain - Jaime Durán García - UGT

125. Spain - José Manuel Núñez Soutullo - UGT

126. Spain - Jose seijas Amigo - hospital clinico de santiago

127. Spain - Juana Rodríguez Abellelleira - UGT

128. Spain - Olga Lc -

129. Spain - Victor Pariente Contreras - Union General de Trabajadores

130. Spain - Leticia Velo Castro - UGT

131. Spain - MARIA JOSE DACOSTA ARGIBAY -

132. Spain - García Navarro Milagros - FESP-UGT

133. Spain - Purificación -

134. Spain - Regina Rodríguez Rodriguez - UGT

135. Spain - Rocío Meira Carrillo - UGT

136. Spain - Rubén - UGT

137. Spain - Silvia Iglesias Sanchez - UGT

138. Spain - José Antonio Gómez Gómez - UGT Galicia

139. Spain - luis fernandez lopez - UGT

140. Spain - Jorge Fortes -

141. Switzerland - Olivier Zimmermann -

142. Tanzania - Eym Maria - WATED

143. Togo - Charlotte Kalanbani - Public Services International

144. Uganda - Immaculate Mukasa - MEMPROW - Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for Young Women

145. Uganda - Maurine Aber - All in One Women's Association

146. United Kingdom - Dave Chappell -

147. United Kingdom - James Graham Corscadden - TUC

148. United Kingdom - Laura Denham - Individual

149. United Kingdom - David Kirby - Doctors In Unite

150. United Kingdom - Diane Elson - UK Women's Budget Group

151. United Kingdom - Jackie Lewis - UNISON

152. United Kingdom - Luke Holland - Tax Justice Network

153. United Kingdom - Penny Smith - UNISON

154. United Kingdom - Sophie Efange - Gender and Development Network

155. United Kingdom - Tamara Gausi - ITUC/Equal Times

156. United States - Pablo Stein - AFT

157. United States - John C Bhend - AFSCME Local 52

158. United States - Jan Hochadel - AFT/AFT-CT

159. United States - Gawain Kripke - independent

160. United States - Raimo Kangasniemi -

161. United States - Steve Porter - Public Services International

162. United States - Valentine M Moghadam - Northeastern University

163. Zimbabwe - Mavies Sibanda - Zimbabwe Urban Councils Workers Union (ZUCWU)