Automating care: the devaluation of care work for the elderly in the name of gender equality

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Short article published on the Women's Budget Group's website, one of the major think tanks and lobbying groups for gender equality in the UK

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Over the past 20 years, the issue of an ageing society has come to the fore in many Western countries as a major concern. The investment in new technologies to tackle the needs of an ageing population has been one of the responses to this issue. This article claims that automation in eldercare has important implications for women, as they continue to provide the majority of care for the elderly, often unpaid.