The greatest concern of Equal Care Day (ECD) is to make care work and its social and economic relevance visible. For this, the ECD city conferences will take place simultaneously in four locations and on an online platform in 2022. In Bonn, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hanover, and virtually, a total of 25 lectures, workshops, and panels with 60 speakers can be attended.
The organizers of the Bremen conference and initiators of the “carat - caring all together” project, Bettina Schweizer, Sonja Bastin, and Andrea Schäfer (all University of Bremen), emphasize: "With the corona pandemic, the problematic situations associated with care work are gaining more visibility. It is becoming increasingly clear that those who provide care as well as those who receive care bear the main burdens as well as the individual and economic consequences of care and relationship work. The consequences are immense! On Equal Care Day 2022, we want to highlight the needs of care providers and the importance of care work for society as a whole."
City Conference in Bremen
The Bremen conference will especially address the question of what a reliable care system must fulfill: What do care workers need in order to be able and willing to do their work well? What do parents and educators need in order to know that their children and themselves are well cared for in the long term? And how can we ensure that care activities are anchored as part of the economy in expert discussions and recommendations so that needs are systematically taken into account? In order to identify solutions, researchers, policy advisors, and care providers will hold talks and discussions together.
The ECD events in Bremen are taking place in cooperation between the Bremen Chamber of Employees and the "carat - caring all together" project of the Equal Opportunities Office, University of Bremen. The organizers are Andrea Schäfer, Sonja Bastin, Bettina Schweizer (University of Bremen), Jennie Auffenberg ,and Thomas Schwarzer (Bremen Chamber of Employees).
Equal Care Day - What Is It About?
Care work is an indispensable contribution to our society, but its effectiveness runs under the radar of public perception and appreciation. Equal Care Day aims to change that. With an annual day of action on February 29 (March 1), the eponymous initiative has been drawing attention to the lack of appreciation and unfair distribution of care work since 2016. Equal Care Day is an initiative of klische*esc e.V. A non-profit association for the promotion of freedom of choice beyond limiting role clichés.
Further Information:
The Equal Care Day will take place between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
The event is open to the public, digital, and free-of-charge.
https://equalcareday.de/en/homepage/
https://equalcareday.de/ecd2022/bremen2022/
Contact:
Andrea Schäfer
CRC 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy"
University of Bremen
Email: andrea.schaefer@uni-bremen.de
Phone: + 49 421 218-57095
Dr. Sonja Bastin
SOCIUM – Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy
University of Bremen
Email: sbastin@uni-bremen.de
Phone: + 49 421 218-66358
Bettina Schweizer
Acting Head of the Equal Opportunities Office
University of Bremen
Email: bettina.schweizer@vw.uni-bremen.de
Phone: +49 421 218-60182
