In 2009, the feminist economist Diane Elson suggested three “R”s to address women’s unfair share of unpaid care work: recognise, reduce and redistribute. Since then, the “R”s have been a valuable organizing frame for change. However, other institutions and advocates have tinkered with the “R”s, adding important new dimensions to the change agenda.
I try to catalog and document them here. If you have corrections, additions, or citations to add, please let me know. I’m happy to update/improve this as a shared resource:
Note: Elson says: “I first suggested the three Rs framework for analyzing unpaid work in a seminar organized by the United Nations Development Programme in New York in 2009.” See footnote 11 here.
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