Carework refers, simply, to the work of caring for others, including unpaid care for family members and friends, as well as paid care. Carework entails taking care of children, the elderly, the sick, and the disabled, as well as doing domestic work such as cleaning and cooking. As reproductive labor, carework is necessary for human well-being and the continuation of every society. Yet, because of its presumed “natural” quality, this work remains devalued in many parts of the world (Razavi, 2007; Folbre, 2001). By deploying the term “carework,” scholars and advocates emphasize that care is not simply a natural and uncomplicated response to those in need, but work that requires physical, mental, and emotional labor which is unequally distributed through society (Meyer, 2000). Scholars emphasize the skill required to perform this work and the importance of valuing care labor (Uttal, 2002; Tuominen, 2003; Macdonald, 2010; Stacey, 2011; Duffy, 2011). The scholarship on carework addresses several key issues, including provisioning and costs, the commodification of care, rights to care, and, as an overarching theme, inequality and care.