Invisible Infrastructure: Care Systems, Workplace culture and Women's Work

Women's ability to work depends on care and education systems that function as critical but invisible infrastructure. Over the past decade - most visibly during the pandemic - this infrastructure has eroded through school closures, reduced instructional time, and expanding administrative burdens. This project analyzes and documents these shifts, reveals how they are systematically overlooked, and shows how they undermine women's workforce participation. Findings will be translated into actionable guidance to enable workplace culture shifts.