Abstract

ASPIAZU, Eliana. Work and Care: the promotion of justice through conciliation policies with gender perspective. Trab. soc. [online]. 2013, n.21, pp.363-371. ISSN 1514-6871.

In Argentina, in the 1970s began a period of growth in the participation of women in the labor market that was sustained and deepened to the present. However, at the household level, women continued to be primarily responsible for domestic work and care, often assuming a double workday, a phenomenon that gave rise to several questions about the justice of such an unequal division of labor. This article shows the relative position of women in the labor market and the progress in their participation, in contrast to the limits of these changes and the persistent inequalities. The aim is to think about the need to generate public policies and institutional arrangements to enable reconciliation and promote a more equal distribution paid and unpaid work time.

Keywords : Sexual division of labor; Reconciliation policies; Care; Employment.