ABSTRACT

This chapter deals with some theoretical and conceptual aspects, particularly the ideas of 'non-androcentric' indicators' and 'human well-being or the sustainability of life'. It outlines a system of indicators which are specifically designed to record women's experience in a range of different areas. Feminist politics seeks to establish equality in difference' or 'the recovery of female experience'. The chapter aims to develop a set of non-androcentric indicators that seek to recover female experience and draw attention to the specific problems affecting women in today's society. Adequate access to care enables all individuals to meet their needs directly, regardless of their sex, age, civil status or housing situation and regardless of whether those needs are biological, social or emotional. Care is usually organised from within the domestic sphere, although its development normally takes place in four sectors: the market sector, the public sector, the family or communal network and the domestic realm of unpaid work.