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  1. 26,000 Brits set to miss out on £7,011 due to state pension ‘change’ | Personal Finance | Finance

    Around 26,000 unpaid carers across the UK could be missing out on a combined £182million as a result…
    #NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #Business #Carer’sallowance #Finance #PersonalFinance #Statepension #Statepensionagerise #UK #UnitedKingdom #Unpaidcarers #Womendisproportionatelyaffected
    newsbeep.com/uk/456978/

  2. State pension age rise alert as older Brits to lose £7,000 from April | Politics | News

    An increase in the state pension age will hit carers (Image: Getty) Thousands of people caring for loved…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Personalfinance #Business #PensionCredit #PersonalFinance #Politics(section) #Povertyinmid-sixties #statepension #Statepensionageincrease #Unpaidcarers
    newsbeep.com/us/489925/

  3. State pension age rise alert as older Brits to lose £7,000 from April | Politics | News

    An increase in the state pension age will hit carers (Image: Getty) Thousands of people caring for loved…
    #NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #Business #Finance #PensionCredit #PersonalFinance #Politics(section) #Povertyinmid-sixties #Statepension #Statepensionageincrease #UK #UnitedKingdom #Unpaidcarers
    newsbeep.com/uk/445071/

  4. On unpaid care & domestic work, and economic exploitation.

    Thread includes:

    - How domestic and care work gets calculated into GDP (in spite of society’s insistence on it not being of any value, indeed, not being work at all).

    - The historical and political origin of this modern-day decision.

    A 🧵

    More below ⬇️

    #WomensRights #GenderEquality #Exploitation #Capitalism #GlobalEconomy #Economics #UnpaidCarers #Motherhood #Sexism

  5. On unpaid care & domestic work, and economic exploitation.

    Thread includes:

    - How domestic and care work gets calculated into GDP (in spite of society’s insistence on it not being of any value, indeed, not being work at all).

    - The historical and political origin of this modern-day decision.

    A 🧵

    More below ⬇️

    #WomensRights #GenderEquality #Exploitation #Capitalism #GlobalEconomy #Economics #UnpaidCarers #Motherhood #Sexism

  6. On unpaid care & domestic work, and economic exploitation.

    Thread includes:

    - How domestic and care work gets calculated into GDP (in spite of society’s insistence on it not being of any value, indeed, not being work at all).

    - The historical and political origin of this modern-day decision.

    A 🧵

    More below ⬇️

    #WomensRights #GenderEquality #Exploitation #Capitalism #GlobalEconomy #Economics #UnpaidCarers #Motherhood #Sexism

  7. On unpaid care & domestic work, and economic exploitation.

    Thread includes:

    - How domestic and care work gets calculated into GDP (in spite of society’s insistence on it not being of any value, indeed, not being work at all).

    - The historical and political origin of this modern-day decision.

    A 🧵

    More below ⬇️

  8. On unpaid care & domestic work, and economic exploitation.

    Thread includes:

    - How domestic and care work gets calculated into GDP (in spite of society’s insistence on it not being of any value, indeed, not being work at all).

    - The historical and political origin of this modern-day decision.

    A 🧵

    More below ⬇️

    #WomensRights #GenderEquality #Exploitation #Capitalism #GlobalEconomy #Economics #UnpaidCarers #Motherhood #Sexism

  9. What is work?

    I just read an article on Callaci’s book, ‘Wages for Housework’.

    It is a great article (link at the end of the thread), but…

    At one point she describes how, for a time, her son needed her to sit with him with one hand on his stomach for him to go to sleep. She later wondered, “Was that work?” And decided it felt wrong to call it such.

    #Work #Housework #UnpaidLabor #UnpaidCarers #EmotionalLabor #Economics

  10. What is work?

    I just read an article on Callaci’s book, ‘Wages for Housework’.

    It is a great article (link at the end of the thread), but…

    At one point she describes how, for a time, her son needed her to sit with him with one hand on his stomach for him to go to sleep. She later wondered, “Was that work?” And decided it felt wrong to call it such.

    #Work #Housework #UnpaidLabor #UnpaidCarers #EmotionalLabor #Economics

  11. What is work?

    I just read an article on Callaci’s book, ‘Wages for Housework’.

    It is a great article (link at the end of the thread), but…

    At one point she describes how, for a time, her son needed her to sit with him with one hand on his stomach for him to go to sleep. She later wondered, “Was that work?” And decided it felt wrong to call it such.

    #Work #Housework #UnpaidLabor #UnpaidCarers #EmotionalLabor #Economics

  12. What is work?

    I just read an article on Callaci’s book, ‘Wages for Housework’.

    It is a great article (link at the end of the thread), but…

    At one point she describes how, for a time, her son needed her to sit with him with one hand on his stomach for him to go to sleep. She later wondered, “Was that work?” And decided it felt wrong to call it such.

  13. What is work?

    I just read an article on Callaci’s book, ‘Wages for Housework’.

    It is a great article (link at the end of the thread), but…

    At one point she describes how, for a time, her son needed her to sit with him with one hand on his stomach for him to go to sleep. She later wondered, “Was that work?” And decided it felt wrong to call it such.

    #Work #Housework #UnpaidLabor #UnpaidCarers #EmotionalLabor #Economics

  14. Do you think main-carer parents should be paid?

    It would be super useful, whichever your answer, to know WHY you think as you do on this question.

    Thank you 🥰

    #Parenting #AskingAutistics #AskingEveryoneReally #Parents #UnpaidCarers

  15. Do you think main-carer parents should be paid?

    It would be super useful, whichever your answer, to know WHY you think as you do on this question.

    Thank you 🥰

    #Parenting #AskingAutistics #AskingEveryoneReally #Parents #UnpaidCarers

  16. Do you think main-carer parents should be paid?

    It would be super useful, whichever your answer, to know WHY you think as you do on this question.

    Thank you 🥰

    #Parenting #AskingAutistics #AskingEveryoneReally #Parents #UnpaidCarers

  17. Do you think main-carer parents should be paid?

    It would be super useful, whichever your answer, to know WHY you think as you do on this question.

    Thank you 🥰

  18. Do you think main-carer parents should be paid?

    It would be super useful, whichever your answer, to know WHY you think as you do on this question.

    Thank you 🥰

    #Parenting #AskingAutistics #AskingEveryoneReally #Parents #UnpaidCarers

  19. It is estimated that there are around 800,000 unpaid carers, including 30,000 under the age of 18, providing care for a family member, friend or neighbour in Scotland.
    Unpaid Carer ? Check if you are eligible for support payments. #CarersRightsDay theorkneynews.scot/2024/11/20/ #Benefit, #CarerSupportPayment, #News, #UnpaidCarers #CarersRightsDay

  20. It is estimated that there are around 800,000 unpaid carers, including 30,000 under the age of 18, providing care for a family member, friend or neighbour in Scotland.
    Unpaid Carer ? Check if you are eligible for support payments. #CarersRightsDay theorkneynews.scot/2024/11/20/ #Benefit, #CarerSupportPayment, #News, #UnpaidCarers #CarersRightsDay

  21. It is estimated that there are around 800,000 unpaid carers, including 30,000 under the age of 18, providing care for a family member, friend or neighbour in Scotland.
    Unpaid Carer ? Check if you are eligible for support payments. #CarersRightsDay theorkneynews.scot/2024/11/20/ #Benefit, #CarerSupportPayment, #News, #UnpaidCarers #CarersRightsDay

  22. It is estimated that there are around 800,000 unpaid carers, including 30,000 under the age of 18, providing care for a family member, friend or neighbour in Scotland.
    Unpaid Carer ? Check if you are eligible for support payments. #CarersRightsDay theorkneynews.scot/2024/11/20/ #Benefit, #CarerSupportPayment, #News, #UnpaidCarers #CarersRightsDay

  23. It’s estimated that if women around the world received minimum wage for every hour of their unpaid labor, they would've contributed about $10.9 trillion to the global economy in 2020.

    This is more than twice the size of the global tech industry that same year ($5.2 trillion).

    #UnpaidCarers #Parenting #Women #WomensRights #Patriarchy

    (ref below)

  24. It’s estimated that if women around the world received minimum wage for every hour of their unpaid labor, they would've contributed about $10.9 trillion to the global economy in 2020.

    This is more than twice the size of the global tech industry that same year ($5.2 trillion).

    #UnpaidCarers #Parenting #Women #WomensRights #Patriarchy

    (ref below)

  25. It’s estimated that if women around the world received minimum wage for every hour of their unpaid labor, they would've contributed about $10.9 trillion to the global economy in 2020.

    This is more than twice the size of the global tech industry that same year ($5.2 trillion).

    #UnpaidCarers #Parenting #Women #WomensRights #Patriarchy

    (ref below)