ABSTRACT
Care work is part of the informal labour which remains undervalued, neglected and poorly regulated in Malawi. In a country with increasing levels of HIV/AIDS and growing demands for family and community based care for the sick, the importance of unpaid care work cannot be overemphasised. In most communities in Malawi this is commonly performed by volunteer care-givers, mainly women. This chapter is about care-giving, care work and the legal protection of caregivers. It draws on the theory of an ethic of care in order to show how care-giving in Malawi is a poorly regulated form of labour.
