Advanced Diploma in Care and Public Policy

CLASS 1: CARE AS A CENTRAL NODE OF GENDER INEQUALITIES 

Conceptual summary of the class: This class addresses the main debates and analyses surrounding the topic of care work from a gender perspective. It examines care work as both paid and unpaid labor, as a central component of well-being (analyzing how it is provided and distributed in different welfare systems), and as a universal right (and the implications for public policy of guaranteeing this right). The class also presents the main debates on the reconfiguration of gender inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic and the new scenarios of inequality that have emerged as a result of its economic and social effects.

CLASS 2: RIGHT TO CARE: THE LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Conceptual summary of the class: Latin America is a pioneer in the process of establishing the legal and juridical recognition of the right to care. This process has involved semantic discussions about what the right to care, rather than the right not to care, entails, with the gender dimension and the principles of redistributive justice being central to its interpretation. This class explores the history of the right to care and its current stage in the supranational legal debate.

CLASS 3: CARE AS A CONCEPT 

Conceptual summary of the class: In this class, we will reflect on existing definitions of care and the main debates and counterpoints surrounding them. Some of the questions that arise are: Should the focus be on caregivers or care recipients? Does it include self-care? Does it include service work? We will also explore the controversy surrounding how closely care should be linked to gender.

CLASS 4: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF CARE: HETEROGENEOUS GRAMMARS 

Conceptual summary of the class: In this class, Eleonor Faur explores how the concept of the social organization of care relates to the "care diamond" and how it takes on different cultural forms and meanings depending on the contexts in which it develops. The concept of the social and political organization of care allows us to recognize a heterogeneous and dynamic structure that "arises from the intersection of the availability of institutions that regulate and provide care services and the ways in which households of different socioeconomic levels and their members access, or do not access, them" (Faur, 2014: 26). It is a dynamic organization in which both the supply of services and their demand interact (Faur and Pereira, 2018: 499).

CLASS 5: CARE, MODELS OF WELL-BEING AND CULTURAL REGIMES 

Conceptual summary of the class: This class proposes to address some of the classic ways of analyzing social welfare, the introduction of feminist critiques to these analyses, and the idea of ​​welfare regimes. It addresses the material and distributive dimension of time and resources dedicated to care work, as well as some examples to understand the cultural dimension of social welfare systems.

CLASS 1: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS OF INTEGRATED CARE SYSTEMS AND EXPERIENCES IN LATIN AMERICA AND CENTRAL AMERICA 

Conceptual summary of the class: In this class we will seek to highlight what it means to move from care policies towards National Care Systems, analyzing particularly the Latin American and Caribbean region. 

CLASS 2: CARE SYSTEMS AND SOCIAL PROTECTION: HOW TO BUILD A CARE POLICY 

Conceptual summary of the class: This class seeks to provide tools to understand and analyze different care policies developed in the region and to provide key elements of the conceptual framework for the construction of care policies.

CLASS 3: FINANCING CARE SYSTEMS 

Conceptual summary of the class: In this class, we will provide tools for analyzing the financing of care systems. Some of the central questions are: Is it necessary to consider financing as a percentage of a country's GDP? Should other indicators be considered when costing care systems? What economic dimensions need to be observed and understood to estimate the value of developing care systems? How can viable financing schemes be created? 

CLASS 4: CARE SYSTEMS: FROM POLICY TO PRACTICE 

Conceptual summary of the class: This class is a continuation of class 8 and shares the same bibliography. The proposal is to work on the analysis of care policies, identifying the progress and challenges of each in terms of redistribution, recognition, and representation, taking into account the classic approaches of Fraser (2000), Daly and Lewis (2011), and public policy analyses to date. 
We propose working in subgroups to identify general aspects of care policies. Then, continuing in group work, students will complete the second intermediate task, which will involve identifying a social problem, developing a public policy, outlining its brief design, and explaining why and how it would guarantee the right to care. We will ask ourselves: To what extent does it familiarize or defamiliarize? How would it be classified in cultural terms? What transformative actions does it propose? What would be the main limitations to its development?

CLASS 1: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CARE 

Conceptual summary of the class: This class introduces the main methodological approaches to researching care, including their strengths and weaknesses. It also addresses social representations of care and expert discourses on care, among other topics. 

CLASS 2: TIME USES AND CARE: Measurements in Latin America and the Caribbean 

Conceptual summary of the class: The class will address different experiences in measuring and collecting information on care work from a quantitative perspective. Emphasis will be placed on Time Use Surveys (TUS) in Latin American countries, as well as their methodological characteristics and the use of the CAUTAL classification system. Analyses of the economic autonomy indicators from the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO) of ECLAC will also be developed.

CLASS 3: CARE AND GENDER IN POLICY ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION 

Conceptual summary of the class: This class is essentially practical and preparatory for the Final Project of the Higher Diploma. It proposes returning to the groups that completed the task from the previous module, asking them to consider what kind of monitoring they would give to that policy and which indicators from which dimensions would be relevant to consider for its development. Participants are also asked to reflect on what qualitative evaluation formats are required for these policies.

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Classes will begin in May and will conclude in August 2025.

Del 9 al 13 de junio de 2025 Our X Latin American and Caribbean Conference of Social Sciences in Bogotá, Colombia. #CLACSO2025 (more information here). In order to ensure everyone's participation, we have planned a break from training activities during that week.

All registered participants will receive, on the first day of activities, the necessary instructions to access the classes, bibliography, and discussion forums through the CLACSO Virtual Training Space.

Accessing and navigating the Virtual Learning Environment is very simple and user-friendly. In any case, a technical and academic support team will always be available. For inquiries, you can write to [email protected] 

 You must write an email with the request to [email protected] We will send you the requested certificate as soon as possible.

Exceptional criteria: In exceptional cases and within the first 20 days of starting the Higher Diploma, the student may write to [email protected] Requesting withdrawal and stating the reasons. After the case is evaluated, a response will be sent to the request. If approved, the student may resume the Higher Diploma program if a new cohort is offered the following year. After that period of time has elapsed since the start of the course, no requests will be accepted.

Money paid will only be refunded in cases where the organizing institutions decide to cancel the activity. 

Yes, the advanced diploma is certified by CLACSO. The diploma will be sent digitally and is completely free of charge.

Payment can be made in one installment, by credit card or bank transfer. We also offer the option of paying in 3 installments.

Yes. There will be discounts for students belonging to CLACSO Member Centers and CLACSO Associated Centers, for CLACSO Associate Researchers, and for all those who pay within the discount period.

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The Advanced Diploma program integrates a dynamic of asynchronous and synchronous classes. Classes are primarily asynchronous. The schedule for synchronous sessions will be communicated by the Diploma coordinator at the beginning of the program, and participation in these sessions is not a prerequisite for passing the program.