Democratisation of care work
Barcelona is a pioneering city in implementing feminist policies in one of the areas that creates the most discrimination and inequality: care work.
Tasked with a clear transformational purpose, Caring City aims to be a tool to help bring recognition to the social value of care work, and to ensure the right to care and be cared for in decent, quality conditions.
What is happening?
What is happening?
Most of the time spent on care work in Barcelona falls to families, mainly women, and without pay.
The provision of paid care is known for its feminisation, high job insecurity and large proportion of immigrant women.
The overload of care work is having a negative impact on the physical and mental health and the life trajectories of carers.
What do we want to do?
We are launching a programme with 68 initiatives to highlight the importance of care work, to socialise the responsibility of care work, to ensure decent working conditions for workers, entities and individuals providing care work, to improve the quality of the services and to empower the people receiving or providing care.
News
Dental services at affordable prices for holders of the Carer Card
08/11/2024 - 11:03 h
Care. People living in or providing care in Barcelona for people with illnesses, dependent people, those with disabilities or elderly people will get access to pricing 40% lower than market prices.
The suicide prevention helpline handles 20,000 calls since its launch
18/11/2024 - 13:47 h
Mental health. The suicide prevention helpline is part of Barcelona City Council’s suicide prevention strategy, within the Barcelona Mental Health Plan. The service has been jointly funded by the Government of Catalonia’s Ministry...
Rise in the number of cases of discrimination reported in the city
17/09/2024 - 19:14 h
Inclusion. The figures come from the report by the Observatory on Discrimination for 2023, with 865 cases representing a rise of 234 compared to the previous year.
900 925 555, the free suicide prevention helpline
10/09/2024 - 13:53 h
Mental health. The service is available 24 hours a day. There’s also an active service point to support those closest to people at risk of suicide.
Barcelona Cuida space
Barcelona Cuida is a pioneering centre promoting all the existing care-related resources in the city and putting them within people’s reach.
The centre offers information, advice and guidance for the city’s carers and cared-for.
It also acts as a meeting and networking point for individuals, professionals and organisations.
Finder of care equipment
Consult the search engine for information on equipment in Barcelona in the field of care.
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Agenda
Espai de participació 'Espai gran'
- When:
- Del 04/10/2024 al 13/12/2024
- Where:
- Casal de Barri La Cosa Nostra
- C Biure 1 (Nou Barris)
- 934201843
Campanya 'Millor prevenir que apagar': Vehicle pedagògic PREvenim! al Mercat de la Llibertat
- When:
- 29/11/2024
- Where:
- Mercat Llibertat
- Plaça de la Llibertat 27 (Gràcia)
- 934132323
"Cossos que senten". Espai d'autocura per a persones cuidadores al barri d’Horta
- When:
- Del 08/06/2024 al 30/11/2024
- Where:
- Joves d'Horta-Guinardó
- C Horta 71 (Horta-Guinardó)
- 93 413 21 21
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