Melinda Gates Picks Up the Torch for a Caring Economy
Want to stamp out poverty? Let’s first address the unequal distribution of under- and unpaid care work, which often falls on women’s shoulders.
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Tara Cookson
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By excluding boys and men, we disproportionately burden women with responsibility for development and reducing inequality. Lagging U.N. MDGs show we need the other half of the population on our side.
