The organization of an international conference on reproductive work stems from the urgency, shared by many researchers, to update their analyses in light of recent mobilizations around social reproduction. These mobilizations, largely led by women, respond to the appropriation of reproductive labor both in the home and in the paid labor market by the capital system. Historically, reproductive labor has been denied recognition and disproportionately assigned to women—trends that continue to this day. Linked to domestic labor, the activities of social reproduction contribute to the reproduction of life and society as a whole and are thus part of the productive organization of the contemporary capitalist system.

The conference has a dual aim:

• to revisit the analyses of reproduction developed within the international Wages for Housework movement of the 1970s
• and to renew our understanding based on current research and ongoing struggles in this area.

This conference will bring together researchers from Canada, Argentina, India, and several European countries including Austria, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, and France. In addition to offering an original interdisciplinary exchange at an international level, the meeting of established scholars and younger researchers will foster intergenerational dialogue throughout the day.

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