The burden of caring for babies, sick friends and elderly parents - is it time to recast care work as a privilege? We discuss why women often find themselves in caring roles and how society really values it (or not). 

Today, we are sharing you one really important conversation we had in 2024 about the most societally undervalued, yet most important job of all. 

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Holly Wainwright, Mia Freedman & Jessie Stephens

Executive Producer: Emeline Gazilas

Audio Production: Leah Porges

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.