12/10/2022 | Humanitarian Care Practices: A Critical Perspective

Care work is highly gendered, undervalued and often invisible, e.g., 76% of the professionals in the healthcare sector are women. The pandemic revealed once more how essential care work is, nevertheless, the unjust structures did not change. Feminists have been addressing this issue for decades. Care is at the center of humanitarian work, but at the same time, debates and discourses often miss the (mental) needs and necessities of people in (humanitarian) care professions. What critiques and proposals do feminist approaches provide? Could a care-oriented society be a solution?
Host:
Goda Milasiute | Research Associate at the Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA)
Speaker:
Meera Ghani | Researcher, Facilitator, Organizer and Careworker; Consultant at the Moxie Consultancy Collective
Dr. Gemma Houldey | Wellbeing Advisor and Facilitator for Aid Sector Professionals and Change-Makers
Dr. Deepta Chopra | Social Policy Researcher at Institute of Development Studies
Mirjam von Bibra | Pediatric Resident at Klinikum Bremen-Mitte