Governing health and care

Abstract

The panel brings together research that discusses feminist governance in relation to health and care, and their gendered organization. It sheds light on how policies and institutions affect and are affected by lived and embodied experiences. Women continue to be the main caregivers, which has an effect on women’s political careers and means that care policies are deeply gendered. The rise of neoliberal and populist politics has increased the emphasis on women’s roles as caregivers. The papers discuss feminist care ethics; campaign funds for childcare in state and local elections; parental leave and childcare reforms; the population ageing and care at a time of neoliberal and populist politics; and the framing of women’s health in current policy. The papers do not only show existing inequalities related to governing health and care but also point toward more caring and imaginative forms of governance.

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