Open Access‘Indispensable to All Working Women and to Mothers in the Home.’ Global Labor Standards and the Quest for Social Justice, 1919-2019
Author(s) -
Eileen Boris
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista latinoamericana de trabajo y trabajadores
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2667-3231
DOI - 10.48038/revlatt.n2.35
Subject(s) - care work , work (physics) , economic justice , gender equality , maternity leave , sociology , social justice , domestic work , child care , political science , labour economics , economic growth , gender studies , economics , medicine , nursing , law , political economy , mechanical engineering , engineering , national longitudinal surveys , wage
The binary productive and reproductive labor –what the International Labour Organization (ILO) has called work and family responsibilities– cordoned off care from employment. Until the 2000s, paid care work mostly stood outside of ILO deliberations, while unpaid family care became a concern as a means to enhance labor force participation and thus reinforce the valuing of care as a special kind of activity. This analysis traces the construction of the woman worker under global labor standards by focusing on ‘All Working Women’ and ‘Mothers in the Home’ to complicate feminist discussions of equality.