at CSW70 Global Coalition Calls for Care to Be Recognised as a Human Right Worldwide
This online event builds global momentum around the 2025 Advisory Opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which recognized care as an autonomous, standalone human right, encompassing the right to give care, receive care, and self-care, while centering care workers’ rights and linking care to broader human rights, dignity, equality, and non-discrimination.
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Co-organized by PSI, ILAW, ActionAid, FEMNET, DAWN, GI-ESCR, OXFAM, Womankind, Care International, GATJ, CESR, and TNJ during CSW70 (March 2026), the event featured a comprehensive global review of care policies across Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America.
Speakers highlighted privatisation trends, the impacts of austerity, and fiscal barriers, while calling for united action to reclaim care as a public good and a gender-transformative priority.
The event aimed to strengthen advocacy for recognizing care as a human right within national legislation worldwide, extending beyond Latin America and the Caribbean.