| Location | Duration | Kenyan Cost | Non-Kenyan Cost | Upcoming Schedules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi, Kenya | 5 Days | KES 115,000 | USD 1,500 | Enroll |
| Kigali, Rwanda | 5 Days | USD 1,900 | USD 1,900 | Enroll |
| Kampala, Uganda | 5 Days | USD 1,900 | USD 1,900 | Enroll |
| Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 5 Days | USD 2,000 | USD 2,000 | Enroll |
| Dubai, UAE | 5 Days | USD 3,900 | USD 3,900 | Enroll |
| Abuja, Nigeria | 5 Days | USD 4,000 | USD 4,000 | Enroll |
| Accra, Ghana | 5 Days | USD 4,000 | USD 4,000 | Enroll |
| Pretoria, South Africa | 5 Days | USD 3,900 | USD 3,900 | Enroll |
| Start & End Date | Duration | Kenyan Cost | Non-Kenyan Cost | Enroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26–Nov 03, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Nov 09–Nov 17, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Nov 23–Dec 01, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Dec 07–Dec 15, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Dec 21–Dec 29, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jan 04–Jan 12, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jan 18–Jan 26, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Feb 01–Feb 09, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Feb 15–Feb 23, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Mar 01–Mar 09, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Mar 15–Mar 23, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Mar 29–Apr 06, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Apr 12–Apr 20, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Apr 26–May 04, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| May 10–May 18, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| May 24–Jun 01, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jun 07–Jun 15, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jun 21–Jun 29, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jul 05–Jul 13, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jul 19–Jul 27, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Aug 02–Aug 10, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Aug 16–Aug 24, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Aug 30–Sep 07, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Sep 13–Sep 21, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
About the Course
Unpaid care and domestic work underpin households, labour markets and public services, yet they are frequently invisible in conventional economic and programme analysis. Unequal care responsibilities can constrain education, employment, enterprise participation, political engagement and resilience, particularly for women and girls.
This course equips participants to analyse the care economy and integrate care considerations into policy, social protection, labour, infrastructure and development programming. It covers time-use evidence, care systems, recognition and redistribution, public services, workplace measures, social protection, financing and monitoring.
Participants conduct a care-economy diagnostic and develop a care policy matrix, time-use analysis, stakeholder map, intervention options and monitoring framework that can inform government, donor, NGO or employer action.
Target Participants
Gender and social-policy specialists; labour and social-protection professionals; government planners; economists; programme managers; women’s economic empowerment practitioners; researchers; HR professionals; development-agency staff and consultants.
Course Duration
- Classroom – 5 Days
- Online – 7 Days
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Analyse unpaid care as an economic and gender-equality issue.
- Interpret time-use and care-related evidence.
- Map care responsibilities, services and policy gaps.
- Assess care constraints affecting labour and economic participation.
- Design policy and programme options that recognize, reduce and redistribute care.
- Integrate care considerations into social protection and workplace policies.
- Develop care-related indicators and monitoring mechanisms.
- Prepare a gender-responsive care economy action plan.
Course Content
Foundations of the Care Economy
- Paid and unpaid care
- Care systems
- Gender distribution of care
- Macroeconomic relevance
- Care-economy diagnostic
Time-Use Analysis of Paid and Unpaid Care Work
- Time-use concepts
- Diary methods
- Time poverty
- Gender gaps
- Time-use interpretation exercise
Mapping Care Systems and Care Responsibilities
- Household care
- Community care
- Public services
- Market-based care
- Care-system map
Care Responsibilities and Labour-Market Participation
- Care and employment
- Gendered patterns of informal employment and care-related labour constraints
- Career interruptions
- Occupational effects
- Labour-care analysis
Designing Accessible and Affordable Care Services
- Childcare services as part of a comprehensive care system
- Elder care
- Disability support
- Quality and accessibility
- Care-service gap analysis
Social Protection for Caregivers and Care Workers
- Cash transfers
- Care credits
- Parental benefits
- Pension and social insurance coverage for caregivers and care workers
- Care-sensitive social protection review
Workplace Measures that Support Care Responsibilities
- Parental leave
- Flexible work
- Employer childcare
- Return-to-work support following parental or caregiving leave
- Workplace care checklist
Financing Care Systems and Services
- Public expenditure
- Public subsidies and financing mechanisms for affordable care services
- Employer contributions
- Financing trade-offs
- Care financing options
Measuring Care Economy Outcomes
- Care indicators
- Service coverage
- Time-use outcomes
- Quality measures
- Care monitoring framework
Gender-Responsive Care Policy Design
- Recognizing the social and economic value of paid and unpaid care work
- Reducing excessive and unequal unpaid care workloads
- Redistributing care responsibilities across households, markets, communities and the state
- Representation of caregivers and care workers in care-policy decisions
- Care policy action plan
Practical Outputs
- Care-economy diagnostic
- Time-use analysis
- Care-system map
- Care-service gap analysis
- Social protection review
- Workplace care checklist
- Care monitoring framework
- Care policy action plan
Training Approach
The course combines time-use interpretation, care-system mapping, policy review and intervention-design workshops. Participants examine care from household, public-policy, employer and market perspectives.
Practical exercises require participants to test how proposed policies affect time, costs, service access and women’s economic participation.
Organizational Benefits
- Improves visibility of unpaid care in policy and programme decisions.
- Strengthens design of care-sensitive social protection and labour policies.
- Supports women’s economic participation.
- Improves evidence use through time-use and service data.
- Strengthens cross-sector planning for care services.
- Provides an emerging specialist product with strong policy relevance.
Certification
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive a Certificate of Course Completion from Devimpact Institute, recognizing the knowledge, practical skills and competencies developed through the programme.
Customization Options
This course can be customized and delivered as an in-house programme to address the specific policies, systems, sector context and capacity-development priorities of an organization. The course duration, modules, case studies and practical exercises may be adjusted following a training needs assessment.
