Care work sustains families, supports health systems, and drives economies, yet remains largely unpaid and undervalued. This invisibility has serious consequences for health outcomes, economic equity, and gender equality.

In this episode of the Break It Down Podcast, your favourite hosts, Chibuike Alagboso and Asari Ndem, sit down with Chinasa Collins-Ogbuo, Advocacy and Communications Lead at Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA), to unpack why care work must be recognised as both a public health and economic issue.

They explore the gendered dynamics of unpaid care work, the economic cost of ignoring it, and how shifting policies and investments could transform lives, especially for women. From household labour to caregiving for children, the elderly, and the sick, they examine how care work underpins society and why it’s time to give it the value it deserves.

Why does care work remain invisible in economic planning? What policies can unlock its full potential? And how can we build a system that recognises, redistributes, and rewards care?

Join us as we break it all down with insights from experts, advocates, and voices championing a care economy that works for everyone.

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