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Kenya should account for unpaid care work
Omitting unpaid care work from national accounts skews budget priorities by making invisible the need for public investment in care services like childcare, elder care, and health support systems.
International Centre for Research on Women Africa office
Care work is the invisible engine that keeps Kenya running, but it doesn't show up where it matters most: in our national economic statistics. Every day, mostly women across the country, cook, clean, care for children, the elderly and the sick.
This is essential labour that sustains households and fuels the broader economy yet remains largely invisible in our gross domestic product (GDP).
