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Call for assistance!
We are doing one last push for respondents on the UK & Brazilian side of the Who Cares project before we close these two surveys:
If you are in FB/WhatsApp groups, have friends/family to share with - this is a last chance to be a part of the project!
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🌋 Gender norms and stereotypes, socially and culturally structured gender roles, and power relations affect our understanding of a disaster scenario.
⚖️ Disasters must be seen in relation to broader, structural inequalities.
Our article Gendering Disasters is now available on Oxford bibliographies
Published by @OxUniPress
oxfordbibliographies.com/dis…
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Tag friends and organisations you know of below!
Survey open til end of Jan
Link to survey:
tinyurl.com/fbuktap
ALT Text reads: Do you get paid to clean, cook okay for someone? We need you! We are seeking help from workers, who: Cleaning, cooking, all laundry; or take care of or assist an elderly person, a child, or a person with support needs Work in someone's home or in a care institution worked in the UK during Covid and/or in the past month. If you meet the 3 criteria above you can complete our survey. We are looking to understand workers' health and working conditions during and after COVID-19. If you'd like to help, fill out our survey The survey takes about 30 minutes to complete
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"Populations deemed ‘vulnerable’ are much more resourceful than the elite can see, they don’t need ‘development’ programmes; they need to be heard and given the chance to coordinate their own projects. Those women are the best, popular educators I have ever seen."
"Dr Louisa Acciari Co-Launches Groundbreaking ‘Citizen Domestic Work’ Programme in Brazil" linkedin.com/pulse/dr-louisa…
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🚨EVENT 🚨
A Gender Perspective in Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean
🕖19:00 UK time
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We're delighted to announce that Dr Louisa Acciari is taking on the role of Director of the IRDR Centre for Gender and Disaster !
Louisa is a Senior Researcher and Principal Investigator on the Who Cares? project. Find out more here: cuidado.cebrap.org.br/en/
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Have you seen the latest resources we've uploaded?
👊 Caring in Times of Crisis 👊
🌐 This series came about due to the wonderful connections forged during @GRRIPP. A true example of how connection and collaboration can produce new and innovative pathways to knowledge!
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I presented my operational definition of #labourexploitation (tinyurl.com/yc4tp6bm) & Acciari & I's work on care workers'conditions & health @UCL_GD panel.
The brilliant Bella Ruiz & @Isabel_A_Cortes @UVWunion & @HCHLopez @IWGBunion exemplified workers'conditions & struggles.
Thank you to everyone who came along to our 🥳 6th birthday 🥳 event exploring care and domestic work in the pandemic and thank you to our amazing guest speakers from @UVWunion & @IWGBunion: Isobel, Bella and Henry!
A great turn out and a great discussion!
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You can tell by the HUGE GRIN that I am proud to rep my union @UVWunion and speak alongside Bella, the amazing care worker, who with her colleague’s took strike action in the harshest of conditions during a global pandemic.
Thank you to everyone who came along to our 🥳 6th birthday 🥳 event exploring care and domestic work in the pandemic and thank you to our amazing guest speakers from @UVWunion & @IWGBunion: Isobel, Bella and Henry!
A great turn out and a great discussion!
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📚How do #migrantworkers define/conceptualise #labourexploitation?
Our new paper @GlobalHealthBMJ offers a conceptual framework from migrant workers’ perspectives, specifically Latin American workers in London. @HCRInstitute @LSHTM
👉tinyurl.com/5n8vm8zs
🧵on key findings...
ALT Screenshot of the paper abstract from the BMJ Global Health website. The abstract and full paper are freely available using the link in the text of the tweet (sorry it cannot be added here).
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Thank you to everyone who came along to our 🥳 6th birthday 🥳 event exploring care and domestic work in the pandemic and thank you to our amazing guest speakers from @UVWunion & @IWGBunion: Isobel, Bella and Henry!
A great turn out and a great discussion!
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30 minutes to go!
🚨Essential yet exploited? Invisibilised frontline workers during the pandemic 🚨
It's not too late to join us online: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/register…
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Join us this Friday to celebrate #WorldEssentialWorkersDay with a special event on front-line care workers during the pandemic!
Online and in-person, registration required:
ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-redu…
ALT Event Poster Essential yet exploited? Invisibilised frontline workers during the pandemic Panellists Prof Maureen Fordham - UCL Dr Sabah Boufkhed - Uni of Manchester Bile Jean, Care worker - United Voices of the World Berta Marti Chicote, Nanny, - the Nanny Solidarity Network Register now! Hear frontline care workers share their experiences Discussing and defining labour exploitation Cutting edge research on care work UCL, Gower Street / Online 15th March 5.30-7.00PM
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THIS FRIDAY! Join us for a panel discussion on "Essential yet exploited? Invisibilised frontline workers during the pandemic."
Grab your free ticket here: bit.ly/48xw4BJ
The event is followed by a networking reception & a poster exhibition by our BSc students. @UCL_GD
Join us on World Essential Workers' Day to examine the working conditions of low-paid care workers during and post-pandemic.
Essential yet exploited? Invisibilised frontline workers during the pandemic.
🗓️ 15 March 2024
⏰ 5:30 pm–7:00 pm GMT.
Sign up: bit.ly/48xw4BJ
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The centre celebrated its birthday on the 7th March, the day before #InternationalWomensDay !
❤️ 6 years of advocating for #gender-inclusive #disaster work
❤️ 6 years of excellence in research and teaching
Happy #IWD2024 to ALL women from us at the centre !
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📢THIS FRIDAY, join us for a panel & celebration of the @UCLIRDR anniversary!
We will discuss #carework #COVID #labourexploitation and get a chance to network after the event.
You can also join online!
@CSI_KCL @DHSCgovuk @ESRC @Mellino @TBIJ @UVWunion @IWGBunion @unisontheunion
THIS FRIDAY! Join us for a panel discussion on "Essential yet exploited? Invisibilised frontline workers during the pandemic."
Grab your free ticket here: bit.ly/48xw4BJ
The event is followed by a networking reception & a poster exhibition by our BSc students. @UCL_GD
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We are making this event hybrid!
You can join us even if you are not in London. Register through the link, and you will be sent login details before the event👇
@FocusOnLabour @DHSCgovuk @CSI_KCL @UKDirectorLME @UK_Glaa @UVWunion @IWGBunion @unitetheunion @The_TUC @CommonsHealth
Interested in #careworkers, invisibilised frontline workers & pandemics?
On Essential Workers'Day (15Mar), join us to discuss their labour conditions & health in rel. to COVID19 pandemic, & #labourexploitation
@UCLIRDR @UCL_GD w/ @HCRInstitute @UVWunion
👉tinyurl.com/4n8chs64