A Private Sector Rapid Care Analysis toolkit (PS RCA) is a rapid process for businesses and workers to understand the heavy responsibility and long hours of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW), usually done by women workers. The guide also makes the case for why private sector companies should address UCDW as part of workers' rights and human rights, and it outlines the benefits to businesses of taking action. PS RCA discussions clarify how employment policies, workplace culture and practices may make unpaid care and domestic work more challenging for workers, with hidden costs for company operations. The PS RCA process helps identify opportunities for company action and builds commitment to change. The step-by-step guide is easy to follow for businesses, women's rights and feminist organisations, civil society organisations, trade unions and other interested parties. The two accompanying webinars provide training and guidance for managers, champions and advocates on how to conduct a PS RCA (Webinar 1), and for facilitators on how to conduct the focus group exercises with workers (Webinar 2). This PS RCA Toolkit complements the original Participatory Methodology: Rapid Care Analysis that focuses on community and local government roles in addressing women's heavy and unequal share of unpaid care and domestic work. The toolkit also complements broader gender equity audits and strategies for business
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- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21201/2024.000025
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- 60
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- Kenya
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Table of Contents
- Slide Number 1 1
- Private Sector Rapid Care Analysis 2
- Objectives of the training session 3
- AGENDA FOR TODAY’S TRAINING SESSION 4
- Active participation! Your expectations 5
- Recap: Introduction TO Unpaid Care And Domestic Work Overview Of The Private Sector Rapid Care Analysis (PS RCA) 6
- WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘UNPAID CARE AND DOMESTIC WORK’? 7
- Why are investments in care important? 8
- Unpaid care makes up 42% of all work, and is a major part of economies 9
- Evidence: Care workloads are heavy and unequal by gender, age, ethnicity, rural–urban LOCATION, income and employment status AND OTHER IDENTITIES AND FACTORS 10
- How is it possible to make changes to improve care work? 11
- Common doubts and questions (Resource 5) 12
- Why do a PS RCA? 13
- The special benefits of PS RCA methodology 14
- Examples of measures from private sector entities to address unpaid care and domestic work 15
- ACKNOWLEDGING the value of addressing UCDW: ‘aha’ moments from organizations 16
- Introduction: Planning small group discussions In A Workplace 17
- Managers’ Decisions Before Planning The Workers’ Focus Group Exercises 18
- Deciding Whom to Convene 19
- Five Key reasons of holding small group discussions with workers 20
- Facilitation Team And Logistics 21
- Overview of the Focus Group Exercises 22
- The seven small group discussion Exercises 23
- Clarifying expectations of safe programming and safeguarding 1 24
- Clarifying expectations of safe programming safeguarding 2 25
- Part 2: The First Exercises 26
- How To Start A Workers’ Focus Group Exercise 27
- Your Approach In A Workers’ Focus Group Exercise 28
- Round Of Introductions: Who Is In The Room? 29
- Exercise 1: Exploring Relationships Of Care 30
- Exercise 2: Average Working Hours Spent In Different Types Of Work 31
- Step 1. The One-day Recall By Individuals 32
- The One-day Recall: Format And Instructions 33
- Step 2. Categorize Activities Using Symbols 34
- Allocating Activities To Categories, Counting 35
- Estimate Average Daily Hours On Unpaid Care 36
- Summary of findings from Exercise 2: Example from Tajikistan RCA (flipchart Presented to the group of workers) 37
- Summary Of Findings From Exercise 2: Presented As A Visual To The Group 38
- Questions And Answers [Short Break] 39
- Part 3: The Essential Discussions 40
- Exercise 3: Identifying The Most Challenging Unpaid Care And Domestic Activities 41
- Exercise 3: Ranking The Most Challenging Care And Domestic Tasks – Example From Morocco (Ranking By Women) 42
- Exercise 7: Actions For Company To Support Workers With Unpaid Care And Domestic Work 43
- Process: Brainstorming Solutions 44
- Process: Discussion Of (Dis)advantages 45
- Process: Expectations Of Positive Impact 46
- Process: Ranking And Prioritizing 47
- Process: Short And Medium-term Costs 48
- Questions And Answers 49
- Part 4: Crucial Information 50
- Exercise 4. Childcare, Care Of Elderly People, Or People With A Disability 51
- Exercise 4: Childcare, Care Of Elderly People, Or People With A Disability 52
- Exercise 5: Stress And Mental Load 53
- Exercise 6: Peak Workload Periods During The Year 54
- Part 5: Documentation And Reporting Next Steps Evaluation Of The Training 55
- Documentation and reporting 56
- The Concise Report For Managers 57
- EvaluatioN 58
- Private Sector Rapid Care Analysis Authors: Thalia Kidder and Carine Pionetti Illustrators: Jairo Miguel Gutierrez-Llanes & Lucy Cowie Contributors: Amber Parkes, Asmaa Abu Mezied, Ayesha Arif, Fatema Tuz Johoora, Fuad Fathurrahman, Ha Do Thuy, Juvilyn Salazar-Dormitorio, Leah Payud, Leena Patel, Lucy Cowie, Ruth Mhlanga, Ruth Oloo and Tamara Beradze (Oxfam); Retno Augustin (Sri Hidayati); Charlotte Pallangyo (SOAS); Christine Svarer and Lauren Shields (BSR); Claire Trichot (Casal dels Infants); Elleni Daniels (Mela Events); Halima Ahmed (ETI); Lauren Murphy (ICRW); Mara Bolis (Marshall Plan for Mothers); Pins Brown (Natura & Co); Stephanie Barrientos (University of Manchester); and others. 59
- THANK YOU 60
