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Scaling Care Innovations in Africa

@scalingcare

A joint initiative by IDRC and Global Affairs Canada to recognize, reduce, and redistribute unpaid care work in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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🧠 #CareQuiz True or False? Women with disabilities often face a double burden — expected to provide care and excluded from receiving it 💬 Reply with your answer. ✅ Reveal coming Thursday! #DisabilityInclusion #CareEconomy Women's Academy for Leadership IDRC | CRDI Development Canada

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🧠 #QuizSoins Vrai ou faux ? Les femmes en situation de handicap font face à une double charge : elles doivent fournir des soins, mais sont souvent exclues des soutiens 💬 Répondez en commentaire. ✅ Réponse jeudi ! #SoinsNonRémunérés Women's Academy for Leadership IDRC | CRDI Développement Canada

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🟣 SAVE THE DATE Informal care is NOT free — and it’s NOT invisible. 🗓️ Nov 28 | 15:00 GMT 🎤 Global panel on care myths, incl. World Health Organization (WHO) LSE & researchers from 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 One of our grantees shares African perspectives 🔗goltc.org/save-the-date-…

🟣 SAVE THE DATE 

Informal care is NOT free — and it’s NOT invisible.

🗓️ Nov 28 | 15:00 GMT 
🎤 Global panel on care myths, incl. <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a> <a href="/LSEnews/">LSE</a> &amp; researchers from 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇬🇧

One of our grantees shares African perspectives 
🔗goltc.org/save-the-date-…
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🟣 À NOTER Les soins informels ne sont ni gratuits, ni invisibles. 🗓️ 28 nov | 15h GMT 🎤 Panel mondial avec World Health Organization (WHO), LSE, et des chercheur·e·s d’🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 Un de nos partenaires de recherche partagera des perspectives africaines 🔗 goltc.org/save-the-date-…

🟣 À NOTER 

Les soins informels ne sont ni gratuits, ni invisibles.

🗓️ 28 nov | 15h GMT 
🎤 Panel mondial avec <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a>, <a href="/LSEnews/">LSE</a>, et des chercheur·e·s d’🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇬🇧

Un de nos partenaires de recherche partagera des perspectives africaines 

🔗 goltc.org/save-the-date-…
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📊 #QuizCare Réponse : ✅ Vrai Les femmes en situation de handicap font face à une double charge : fournir des soins, tout en étant exclues du soutien. 🎥 WALPE  recueille les témoignages de ces femmes : youtube.com/watch?v=dKFEzC… #SoinsNonRémunérés Women's Academy for Leadership IDRC | CRDI

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📊 #QuizCare Answer: ✅ True. Women with disabilities often face a double burden of UCDW — caregiving and exclusion. 🎥 See how WALPE is amplifying their voices: youtube.com/watch?v=dKFEzC… #WeCareForHer #GenderEquality Women's Academy for Leadership IDRC | CRDI Development Canada

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🧠 #CareQuiz In Kenya’s Lamu County, men spend 1.4 hrs/day on care vs. women’s 6.5. 💬 What % of men said men should help with care? Vote now & check back Thursday ⏳ #UnpaidCareWork #GenderEquality #CareEconomy IDRC | CRDI Development Canada

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🧠 #QuizDesSoins Au 🇰🇪 comté de Lamu, les hommes passent 1,4 h/j aux soins contre 6,5 h pour les femmes. 💬 Quel % d’hommes pense qu’ils devraient aider ? Réponse jeudi ⏳ #TravailDeSoinsNonRémunéré #ÉgalitéDesGenres IDRC | CRDI Développement Canada

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📢 Join us Nov 14 at #T20Summit for a powerful session on care & social protection in the G20 agenda. 📍 Sandton Convention Centre 🕓 15:45–16:45 🎤 Moderated by @AmarNijhawan Care is a public good — not a private burden. #CareEconomy #G20SouthAfrica IDRC | CRDI

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📢 Participez à la session du 14 nov au #SommetT20 sur les soins et la protection sociale comme piliers du G20. 📍 Sandton Convention Centre 🕓 15h45–16h45 🎤 Modération : @AmarNijhawan Les soins sont un bien public. #ÉconomieDuSoin #G20AfriqueDuSud

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✅ #CareQuiz | Answer 81% of men in Lamu County say they should help with care — but nearly 90% would only do so if no one knew. Beliefs are shifting — now systems must follow. #CareForAll #UnpaidCareWork #GenderEquality IDRC | CRDI Développement Canada

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✅ #QuizDesSoins | Réponse 81 % des hommes pensent devoir aider — mais près de 90 % le feraient seulement si personne ne le savait. Les mentalités changent — les systèmes doivent suivre. #CareForAll #ÉgalitéDesGenres #SoinsNonRémunérés IDRC | CRDI Développement Canada

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📢 One of only 3 official side events at the G20 Social Summit! Join us Nov 19 in Joburg for: 🗓️ Nov 19 | 9–11 a.m. 📍 Birchwood Convention Centre 🎤 With ministers, labour leaders, caregivers, & researchers from across the Global South. IDRC | CRDI Gender Links Development Canada

📢 One of only 3 official side events at the G20 Social Summit!
Join us Nov 19 in Joburg for:
 🗓️ Nov 19 | 9–11 a.m. 
 📍 Birchwood Convention Centre 
 🎤 With ministers, labour leaders, caregivers, &amp; researchers from across the Global South.

<a href="/IDRC_CRDI/">IDRC | CRDI</a>  <a href="/GenderLinks/">Gender Links</a> <a href="/CanadaDev/">Development Canada</a>
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📢 L’un des 3 seuls événements parallèles officiels du G20 Social Summit ! 📍 Johannesburg, Birchwood Convention Centre 🗓️ 19 nov | 9h–11h 🎤 Ministres, syndicalistes, chercheur·es, soignant·es IDRC | CRDI Gender Links Développement Canada

📢 L’un des 3 seuls événements parallèles officiels du G20 Social Summit !

 📍 Johannesburg, Birchwood Convention Centre 
 🗓️ 19 nov | 9h–11h 
 🎤 Ministres, syndicalistes, chercheur·es, soignant·es

<a href="/IDRC_CRDI/">IDRC | CRDI</a> <a href="/GenderLinks/">Gender Links</a> <a href="/DevCanada/">Développement Canada</a>
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🧠 #CareQuiz time! What % of unpaid caregivers globally are women (ILO)? Hint: The Caring for Caregivers project in Kenya is drafting a national policy to make this invisible work count. Answer drops Thursday ⬇️ #CareEconomy #UnpaidCareWork IDRC | CRDI Development Canada

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🧠 #QuizSoin ! Quel % des aidant·es non rémunéré·es sont des femmes (OIT) ? 💬 Le Kenya agit avec une politique nationale pour les aidantes des MNT. Réponse jeudi ! #TravailDeSoin #ÉconomieDuSoin #CareForCaregivers IDRC | CRDI Développement Canada

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🟣 L’événement Centering Care in the G20 a réuni chercheur·e·s, décideurs, syndicats et leaders du soin à travers le Sud global. Ce n’est pas qu’un événement — c’est le fruit d’années de collaboration visant à placer le soin au cœur de l’égalité et de la solidarité. IDRC | CRDI

🟣 L’événement Centering Care in the G20 a réuni chercheur·e·s, décideurs, syndicats et leaders du soin à travers le Sud global.

Ce n’est pas qu’un événement — c’est le fruit d’années de collaboration visant à placer le soin au cœur de l’égalité et de la solidarité. 
<a href="/IDRC_CRDI/">IDRC | CRDI</a>
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🟣 Today’s Centering Care in the G20 event brought researchers, policymakers, unions & care leaders together across the Global South. This isn’t just an event — it’s years of partnership pushing care as a pillar of equality, solidarity & sustainability. IDRC | CRDI Development Canada

🟣 Today’s Centering Care in the G20 event brought researchers, policymakers, unions &amp; care leaders together across the Global South.

This isn’t just an event — it’s years of partnership pushing care as a pillar of equality, solidarity &amp; sustainability. 
<a href="/IDRC_CRDI/">IDRC | CRDI</a> <a href="/CanadaDev/">Development Canada</a>
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📊 #CareQuiz Answer ✅ C. 75% of unpaid caregivers globally are women (ILO). In Kenya, the Caring for Caregivers project is turning evidence into action — with a draft policy to support NCD caregivers, most of them women. #CareForCaregivers #UnpaidCareWork #Kenya #CareEconomy

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📊 #QuizSoin Réponse : ✅ C. 75 % des aidant·es non rémunéré·es sont des femmes (OIT). Au Kenya, le projet Caring for Caregivers propose une politique nationale pour soutenir celles et ceux qui accompagnent les malades. #ÉconomieDuSoin #CareForCaregivers IDRC | CRDI Development Canada