https://www.scmp.com/rss/327965/feed Daisy Tam, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Department of Humanities and Creative Writing at Hong Kong Baptist University. Alongside her academic research in urban food security, she is also the board director of Enrich - a Hong Kong based charity that promotes the economic empowerment of migrant domestic workers. In both roles, she strives to promote social equality and channels her work to build a fairer more equitable society. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com “Care work, both paid or unpaid, is crucial to the future of decent work,” states the International Labour Organisation in a recent report. Care work is the bedrock of economic growth, as well as contributing to the well-being of individuals and society. However, this type of work remains mostly invisible and unacknowledged; whether caring for a baby or cooking for a sick parent, domestic care work has often been confoundingly regarded as a “labour of love”.  Care work is work. Anyone who has... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2155655/elderly-care-skilled-work-and-hong-kongs-migrant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2155655/elderly-care-skilled-work-and-hong-kongs-migrant?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Jul 2018 22:17:10 +0000