Democratisation of care work
Barcelona is a pioneering city in implementing feminist policies in one of the areas that creates the most discrimination and inequality: care work.
Tasked with a clear transformational purpose, Caring City aims to be a tool to help bring recognition to the social value of care work, and to ensure the right to care and be cared for in decent, quality conditions.
What is happening?
What is happening?
Most of the time spent on care work in Barcelona falls to families, mainly women, and without pay.
The provision of paid care is known for its feminisation, high job insecurity and large proportion of immigrant women.
The overload of care work is having a negative impact on the physical and mental health and the life trajectories of carers.
What do we want to do?
We are launching a programme with 68 initiatives to highlight the importance of care work, to socialise the responsibility of care work, to ensure decent working conditions for workers, entities and individuals providing care work, to improve the quality of the services and to empower the people receiving or providing care.
News
Rise in the number of cases of discrimination reported in the city
17/09/2024 - 19:14 h
Inclusion. The figures come from the report by the Observatory on Discrimination for 2023, with 865 cases representing a rise of 234 compared to the previous year.
900 925 555, the free suicide prevention helpline
10/09/2024 - 13:53 h
Mental health. The service is available 24 hours a day. There’s also an active service point to support those closest to people at risk of suicide.
New Whatsapp support chat for carers
14/07/2024 - 12:54 h
Social Services. Anonymous and confidential free support on 655 505 517.
Over 350 climate shelters open to help beat the heat
17/06/2024 - 13:02 h
Climate emergency. Some 98% of people in Barcelona have a climate shelter within 10 minutes of their home and 68% have one within 5 minutes.
Barcelona Cuida space
Barcelona Cuida is a pioneering centre promoting all the existing care-related resources in the city and putting them within people’s reach.
The centre offers information, advice and guidance for the city’s carers and cared-for.
It also acts as a meeting and networking point for individuals, professionals and organisations.
Finder of care equipment
Consult the search engine for information on equipment in Barcelona in the field of care.
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Agenda
'Activa't als parcs' als Jardins de la Vil·la Amèlia
- When:
- Permanent event
- Where:
- Jardins de Vil·la Amèlia
- Carrer d'Eduardo Conde 22 (Sarrià-Sant Gervasi)
- 010
'Activa't als parcs' als Jardins del Mestre Balcells
En aquests moments, aquest espai no admet més inscripcions.
- When:
- Permanent event
- Where:
- Jardins Mestre Balcells
- C Sant Salvador 49 (Gràcia)
- 010
'Activa't als parcs' als Jardins de Juan Ponce
- When:
- Permanent event
- Where:
- Jardins de Juan Ponce
- Ctra Carmel 9999 (Horta-Guinardó)
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