ILO/UN Women Joint Programme: Increasing investments in care systems and policies

The UN Women – ILO Joint Programme aimed at fostering equitable employment opportunities for women through the implementation of inclusive growth policies and investments in care across five countries, including Argentina. The program operated through three pivotal pillars:

• Gender-Responsive Macroeconomic Analysis: Conducted a comprehensive examination of macroeconomic policies, with a particular focus on those designed in response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis.
• Sectoral Employment Policies: Formulated and implemented sector-specific employment policies to boost the demand for women's labor within dynamic and high-productivity sectors.
• Estimation of Care System Investments: Evaluated the costs associated with investments in care systems and assessed their impact on fiscal revenues and employment generation.

The initiatives carried out under the Joint Programme in Argentina contributed significantly to enhancing our understanding of the obstacles hindering women's access to decent employment. Moreover, it generated essential empirical evidence to guide the development of both national and subnational policies within a unified framework. This framework took into consideration the intricate interdependencies between macroeconomic conditions, employment opportunities, and investments in care.