Hi Lynda
I have an article on caregiving as a global feminist issue, involving 
gender justice (rights, freedom) and global economics:

Allison Weir, “The Global Universal Caregiver: Imagining Women’s 
Liberation in the Third Millenium,” Constellations: An International 
Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory, 12, 3, September 2005: 308-330.

And see also:

Nancy Fraser, "After the Family Wage," in her book Justice Interruptus
Eva Kittay, Love's Labor
Kittay and Ellen Feder, The Subject of Care
Cynthia Willett, The Soul of Justice, ch 4
Rhacel Parrenas, Servants of Globalization: Women, Migration and 
Domestic Work


Allison Weir
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ont. Canada

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Lynda Lange wrote:

>  Dear Feasters, Community (or publically) supported child care for
>  kids of working mothers has been an issue in the West since the
>  beginning of the second wave. Recently it has been recognized as a
>  global development issue, in light of the world-wide massive entry of
>  women into the work force. I am working on possible connections
>  between the enormous amount of early good work done on this issue by
>  feminists in the west, and the situations of women in developing or
>  poor countries, particularly in the area of "justification" for
>  public support of such programs. Of course, I am aware of excellent
>  work on the issue of "care" by feminist philosophers in politics and
>  ethics (Joan Tronto, etc.). Here is an hypothesis I am wondering
>  about, and would greatly appreciate any references (or opinions) from
>  any of you: HAS THE GROUND SHIFTED regarding gender justice and child
>  care FROM women's equality (e.g. access to public life or pursuit of
>  individual aspirations) or women's rights (e.g. right to work), TO
>  economic arguments and benefit to children, or...? Does anyone know
>  of recent work discussing child care for children of working mothers
>  as a feminist issue? With thanks, Lynda
>
>  Lynda Lange University of Toronto at Scarborough Department of
>  Humanities (Philosophy) 1265 Military Trail Toronto, ON CANADA M1N
>  3B5
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