CWW Colombia interviewed

Team members of Counting Women’s Work Colombia discussed their work on UN Radio, an online radio for the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Listen here.

CWW Research in Second National Transfer Accounts project Bulletin

Counting Women's Work was created in part to bring a gender perspective to the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) project, which produces a series of short bulletins showcasing project results and significance for policy. CWW research has been the focus of two bulletins, the second published in March 2018. NTA Bulletin No. 13. reveals the vast amount of economic activity that is “invisible” because unpaid care work not usually counted as part of the economy despite its central role in producing the market labor force of the future and sustaining social welfare. The bulletin argues for the necessity of more and better data on time use and unpaid care work to improve many economic, family, and social policy.

Download NTA Bulletin No. 13 from the NTA website.

Symposium on Gender Gaps in National Transfer Accounts and National Time Transfer Accounts

Researchers, representatives from international organizations, members of the government of Colombia, media, students, and other interested parties met in Bogotá, Colombia on February 28, 2018 to share results from NTA and CWW researchers and learn about the challenges and concerns of various stakeholders around issues of inequality and transfers of money and time.

The event was organized by the CWW Colombia team including Dr. B. Piedad Urdinola, of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Bogotá, and Dr. Jorge A. Tovar of the Universidad de los Andes-Bogotá, and featured their research on Colombia as well as cross-country comparative work from other CWW researchers, and personnel of the United Nations, and of Colombian universities and government representatives.

The event was sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund, the Departamento Nacional de Planeación of Colombia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad los Andes, National Transfers Accounts, and Counting Women’s Work.

Click the links below to access video of the presentation and discussions:

• Introductions and Background

• Speakers

Presentation slides for each speaker can be accessed below:

• Alejandra Corchuelo (download)

• Paulo Saad (download)

• Pablo Salazar (download)

• Gretchen Donehower (download)

• B. Piedad Urdinola (download)

• Marisa Bucheli (download)

• Meritxell Sole Juves (download)

CWW Working Paper No.2

Today we publish the second of the Counting Women's Work Working Papers. These working papers provide more detailed analysis than the Country Reports and are authored by the CWW country teams.

CWW Working Paper WP2 is by Estela Rivero and details the CWW research for Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Working Papers page. It is entitled: Intergenerational time transfers and their contribution to Mexico's economy in 2014.

CWW Working Paper No. 1

Today we publish a Counting Women's Work Working Paper from Costa Rica. These working papers provide more detailed analysis than the Country Reports and are authored by the CWW country teams.

CWW Working Paper WP1 is by Pamela Jiménez-Fontana and details the CWW research for Costa Rica. It is entitled: Challenges to increase female labor force participation: Gender Inequality in Costa Rica.

Public interest in CWW Costa Rica research

The University of Costa Rica TV Program "Espectro" interviewed CWW Costa Rica team leader Pamela Jiménez Fontana about unpaid work in Costa Rica and other topics covered by National Transfer Accounts and National Time Transfer Accounts. The video also includes a discussion with the Minister of Women's Affairs.