Monday, August 11, 2025
Care in dispute: Alternatives for financing and demanding a fundamental right
9:30 – 11:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT) | Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, Plaza Juárez 20, Piso 1, Sala José María Morelos y Pavón, Sección 1
Organized by: the Gender and Trade Network; the Global Alliance for Care; IDRC; the Inter-American Conference on Social Security; La Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe por Justicia Económica, Social y Climática; Oxfam Canada; the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD); and the Trenzando Cuidados Regional Network, among others.
This feminist-led event builds on IDRC-supported research and advocacy at the recent Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development held in Sevilla, Spain, where care was positioned as central to development finance. Leveraging lessons from IDRC-supported research, the event will explore alternatives to fund universal care systems and increase public demand for care services. The session will feature IDRC partners, feminist economists, researchers and government representatives offering strategies to secure care as a human right.
The role of international cooperation in sustaining care policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
17:00 – 18:30 CDT | Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, Plaza Juárez 20, Piso 1, Sala José María Morelos y Pavón, Sección 1
Organized by: Agencia Mexicana de Cooperación para el Desarrollo, the EU-LAC Foundation, the Ibero-American General Secretariat, the Government of Uruguay, the Government of Guatemala, IDRC, Oxfam, UN Women
This high-level dialogue will explore how international cooperation can move from fragmented initiatives to sustained strategic alliances in support of care systems. It will highlight good practices in funding models, shared governance and policy design, emphasizing care not as a cost, but as a transformative investment with long-term returns. Carolina Robino, senior program specialist at IDRC, will join key actors from regional and multilateral institutions to discuss the tools and frameworks needed to scale and sustain care policies across the region.
17:00 – 18:30 CDT| Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, Plaza Juárez 20, Piso 1, Sala José María Morelos y Pavón, Sección 3
Organized by: the Global Alliance for Care, the Government of Chile, the Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo, IDRC, the Ministry of Equality and Equity of Colombia, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, UNRISD, UN Women
This multi-actor event will highlight findings and lessons from the Collaborative Research-Action Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean, a regional initiative supported by IDRC that promotes feminist, inclusive and intersectional care systems. The event will feature case studies from Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay, showcasing community care models and territorial care ecosystems. It will also examine public-private-popular alliances and the role of ethnic and Indigenous leadership in shaping care systems.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Toward climate justice centred on care and support in Latin America and the Caribbean
16:30 – 18:00 CDT | Care Pavilion - Antiguo Convento de la Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, calle Almacenes 92, Tlatelolco
Organized by: Fundación Avina, the Global Alliance for Care, IDRC, Mexico City Human Rights Commission, Oxfam Canada, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Mexico, UNRISD, UN Women
This intersectoral dialogue connects the climate and care crises, an area of research supported by IDRC. The panel will focus on how climate change increases the burden of unpaid care work and affects the most marginalized communities. Drawing on grassroots experiences and intersectional research, the event will feature voices of Indigenous and Afro-descendant women as well as policy leaders from Mexico, Uruguay and Brazil to advance just transitions that are centred on care.