The links betw properly financed, gender responsive public services & women’s unpaid care & domestic work are clearer than ever. In response to #Covid_19 there is a growing call for a fundamental re-think about how we shape economies https://actionaid.org/publications/2020/who-cares-future-finance-gender-responsive-public-services @ActionAid

In all low-income & many middle-income countries the #IMF holds down public spending by imposing low inflation targets (in 80% of countries) & deficit targets (in 96% of
countries) & by freezing or cutting of public sector wage bills (in 78% of countries) #WhoCares #IMFMeetings

Most governments cannot employ more teachers, doctors, nurses or care workers. Public services have been
chronically underfunded for decades, leaving countries unable to deliver on people’s rights and unable to respond effectively to #Covid_19 #WhoCares #IMFMeetings

Provision of #gender responsive public services is key to deliver on human rights & to transforming
womxn’s lives. Quality provision of childcare, public education, health & water, are crucial – with
investments in energy, agriculture & social protection #AllWomenWork #WhoCares

Governments must resist the ideology of austerity and neoliberal economics, and invest urgently in public
sector workers, especially doctors, nurses, teachers and care workers #WhoCares #AllWomenWork @ActionAid

#WhoCares for the future #WhoCares for societies and economies that safeguard people and the planet

The #IMF certainly doesn't #IMFmeetings

Governments must resist privatisation & PPPs. They need to collectively reclaim democratic sovereignty over social and economic decisions that put their citizens and human rights first! #IMFMeetings #WhoCares @ActionAid

States need to resist the conditions and hegemonic austerity ideology of the #IMF, and we the citizens- the young people, the workers, the feminists need to unite to demand this @activista #AllWomenWork #WhoCares