Every day, people
around the world
spend 16 billion
hours on unpaid
care work —
cooking for
families, caring
for children and
older relatives an
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Every day, people around the world spend 16 billion hours on unpaid care work — cooking for families, caring for children and older relatives and other routine household tasks — often in addition to other jobs. Employment advocate Sharmi Surianarain says we need to not only acknowledge this labor but also build supportive workplaces that put policies with care work top of mind.