UWONET Gender Roles and the Care Economy in Uganda HouseHolds-The Case of Kaabong, Kabale and Kampala Districts 2018

Executive Summary

This report contributes to the understanding of how unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) is distributed in Uganda’s households. It reviews the linkages between social norms and the gendered division of work, including patterns in time spent on paid work and unpaid care work in a day, taking into consideration the rural/urban divide and district-specific characteristics.

Childcare is also closely examined, specifically the determinants of childcare for adult women and men, i.e. what household characteristics mean they are more or less likely to undertake childcare. Existing care-relevant support and infrastructure services in districts are analyzed, with the hypothesis that existing, well-functioning and affordable services ease the care workload in households, especially for women and girls.