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
Caring for our carers
16/07/2019 - 09:11 h
Care. Barcelona wants to be a caring city, a city where people who care for children or dependent or ill people are recognised as the pillars of society that they are. Barcelona Cuida was created to care for them.
Women’s rights (III), in practice
22/05/2019 - 08:32 h
Non-discrimination. Third and final article which reviews the development and consolidation of legal and social frameworks for eliminating all forms of discrimination against women.
Provisional resolution of concession and denial of the general call for grants 2019
20/05/2019 - 11:39 h
Grant resolution. The provisional resolution of the general call for grants, activities and district and city services for the year 2019 has been published; among which are those corresponding to the field of Care Economy.
Published the study "Models of provision of care to people and support in the home"
17/05/2019 - 11:04 h
Study about cares. The document explores different models of intervention in the care economy with the aim of generating new models of intervention and approach that promote the dignity and sustainability of these services.
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.
Av. Marquès de l’Argentera, 22
(entry via the Estació de França car park).
Temporary address
Search tool for care-related services and resources
Use the search feature to find care-related information and services offered in Barcelona.
Narrow your search by the following criteria:
Agenda
Projecte Comunitari: Espai de Trobada: Cercle de dones
- When:
- From 01/10/2018 to 31/12/2019
- Where:
- Casal de Barri Can Portabella
- C Virgili 18 (Sant Andreu)
- 935970194
Sessions d'assessoraments per a famílies amb necessitat de cures
- When:
- From 10/04/2019 to 18/12/2019
- Where:
- Espai Barcelona Cuida
- Av Marquès de l'Argentera 22 (Ciutat Vella)
- 934132121
Xerrada per a famílies contractadores de serveis de cura
- When:
- From 05/05/2019 to 14/12/2019
- Where:
- Espai Barcelona Cuida
- Av Marquès de l'Argentera 22 (Ciutat Vella)
- 934132121
