It’s all about the work that goes unnoticed

The Association féminine d’éducation et d’action sociale, a local organization that has been defending the interests of women and the equality between women and men in Quebec and Canada at all levels of government since 1966, recently put out a call to all provincial governments that they mark the first Tuesday of April as National Day of Invisible Work.

According to the press release sent out by AFEAS, invisible work is defined as:

-The unpaid work done out of love and sense of duty.

-The work of a parent that puts their professional life on hold to raise their child and to provide them with a healthy environment.

-The work of a parent who has a child with a disability and is constantly facing waitlists for the services that they need for that child.

-The work of caregivers and all that they do for the most vulnerable people in society.

-The work of those individuals that are studying in a specific field, these are usually fields that are female dominated, but are required to work for free, in the form of an internship, to receive their diploma.

-It is the work of all of the volunteers out there that are taking it upon themselves to make a difference.

Without this invisible and unpaid work, AFEAS stated that society could not survive.

AFEAS has been recognizing the invisible work of all people for the past 20 years by dedicating the first Tuesday of April to highlight the issue. They want this work to become crucial in the decision-making processes of the government.