Thank you so much, ladies, for informing us today on this very important topic.
What I keep hearing over and over, even in the last statement, is the sense that there is a lack of dignity given to these domestic and caregiving roles. There are cycles created by that. One of those cycles is especially speaking about some cultures where they would prefer to have a family member care for their children or elders in their family. Usually they're women, such as a sister, a mother or a grandmother.
We know that socio-economically right now seniors live longer. They also work later in life. What happens in practice is that an aunt, for example, who is unemployed at a certain time picks up the gap and provides caregiving, or a grandmother who could potentially work does this as a favour because she loves her family.
Is there a way in which family members who are providing caregiving could be fairly acknowledged and compensated in a creative way? What are some ways in which those kinds of roles can be duly compensated and recognized so that we don't repeat the cycle of what the woman of the family was doing and just passing it over to some other family member to repeat that cycle? Do you have any thoughts on how that could be dealt with?
That question is for anybody.