Heteropatriarchy, capitalism and imperialism are kept afloat by the relentless extraction, devaluation, criminalisation and erasure of women’s labour. It is this labour – unpaid, underpaid, and undervalued – that sustains life and humanity; that cleans homes, workplaces and streets; that keeps communities fed and nourished; that tends to children, the elderly and the sick; that fuels our movements and resistance; that keeps our cultures, nature and histories alive; that creates, imagines, builds knowledge and never gives up.

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Explore below a curated selection of resources about social reproduction. All the resources are authored by Global South feminists.

For a more comprehensive collection on this and other feminist topics, visit the South Feminist Knowledge Hub catalogue.