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Rebuilding Is Also an Act of Care

When
October 29, 2026
Where
Pereira, Colombia
Format
In person

I want to open a conversation that I believe is urgent: how do we rebuild a home after an emergency, and what role do the women who sustain everyday life play in that process? Drawing on my experience in Colombia and the Un Fogón, Un Hogar campaign, I want to bring together homemakers, businesswomen, women leaders, institutions and companies to talk about care from lived experience, rather than theory. My aim is to make visible that caring also means rebuilding, creating solutions and sustaining our families and communities.

The Momney Project: What if care appeared on our money?

What if the value of unpaid care was visible on our money? As Europe prepares for a new generation of euro banknotes, Make Mothers Matter asks a bigger question: what do our banknotes say about who and what we value? The Momney Project uses the euro redesign as a starting point to make visible the […]

#AfricaCaresForHer

The platform will take stock of progress made by African countries in formally recognising care and how much is being investing in reducing the burden of care on women and girls in the continent.

Caring is work. Community care spaces in working-class neighborhoods

Community caregiver women often work a triple shift—providing care in their own homes, as domestic workers, and in their neighborhoods. This care work, historically performed by women due to the gendered division of labor, is neither recognized nor compensated by the government; therefore, it is crucial to raise awareness of it and value it in […]