SIGN Roadmap to Eliminate Poverty – includes UNIVERSAL CARE INCOME

Dear sisters and friends,

For the past year we, and many others, have been working with the UN Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights on the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth. As you know we have been campaigning for over 50 years for wages for housework, reformulated as a care income. The proposals in the Roadmap include a Universal Care Income for caring work for people and planet and recognise the “historical ‘care debt’ to women”.

In April Phoebe Jones (GWS-US) and Nina Lopez (GWS-UK) attended the international convening at the ILO in Geneva which adopted the Roadmap. The policy profiles which accompany the Roadmap proposals will be launched at the UN Human Rights Council on 25 June. In the meantime, anop ed has been published in the Guardian, Le Monde and El País signed by our organisations as well as hundreds of others including famous economists and other prominent people.

See below for links to the op ed and for how you can add your name, also links to the Roadmap itself which includes many useful proposals on many issues.

This Roadmap is important recognition of our work as well as a tool to strengthen our campaigning for mothers and other caregivers to be finally given the financial support we have earned many times over.

Please circulate widely.

Invest in caring not killing has never been more urgent.

From: François Denuit <francois.denuit@neep-poverty.org>
Sent: 11 June 2026 12:09
Subject: New Economies Eradicating Poverty (NEEP): Roadmap Op-ed, the Roadmap launch, and more

View in browser    Dear colleagues,We are delighted to share that the op-ed in support of the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth was published yesterday in the Guardian and Le Monde, and today in El País. The Roadmap was adopted at the International Labour Organization in Geneva on April 22, at a major international convening hosted under the mandate of the former UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, and the auspices of the ILO’s Global Coalition for Social Justice. Op-ed: Over 700 signatories in support of the Roadmap The op-ed co-authored by Olivier De Schutter, Joseph Stiglitz, Jayati Ghosh, Thomas Piketty, Kate Raworth, and Jason Hickel received 700+ signatures from policymakers, academics, UN agencies, Special Rapporteurs, international organisations, civil society organisations, unions, and grassroots movements around the world.It signals the growing momentum behind the Roadmap’s vision of moving beyond growth-dependent development strategies towards a human rights economy centred on well-being, democratic governance, ecological justice, and a transformed international economic order. The article addresses the failed promise of economic growth to fight inequalities, exploitation, and ecological destruction, and proposes the Roadmap and its 80 policy proposals as a new compass forward.We invite you to share the article and NEEP’s LinkedIn post among your networks, and tag NEEP and Olivier De Schutter in your communications on LinkedIn. You are also welcome to tag Olivier on Bluesky and Instagram.The call is not over: the op-ed in support of the Roadmap remains open for signatures. We warmly welcome you to add your name to the list and share the call with your networks to continue building the strong coalition behind the Roadmap’s shared vision.   Roadmap launch at the ILO in Geneva  “The process of the Roadmap is more like music than it is like architecture. It’s not just about a grand and generous vision – it’s also about different steps that we should take to get there in which every note counts, and in which the short-term measures we take in response to the crisis will lead us closer to the end vision we are seeking to pursue.”– Olivier De Schutter, (Former) UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and Chair of New Economies Eradicating Poverty We are extraordinarily grateful for the overwhelming support the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth has received since its adoption at the high-level public conference at the ILO in April. From the powerful interventions by our speakers to the energy, insight, and engagement brought by participants joining us both in person and online, this gathering was made possible by a truly collective effort.  We’d like to especially thank our Communities of Practice, both within the UN system and among academic and civil society partners, and the more than 400 people and organisations that participated in consultations and strategy sessions, submitted calls for input, provided written feedback, and authored and reviewed policy profiles over 18 months to support the co-construction of the Roadmap.The success of the Roadmap is a collective achievement, and we are confident that this is only the beginning.If you missed the conference, or you want to watch it back, head to the ILO Live page to access the recordings.   Next steps: Presentation to the Human Rights Council The Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth is now set to be presented at the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council on 25th June, alongside the Special Rapporteur’s final report “The Manufacturing of Poverty” (A/HRC/62/42).   The 80 policy profiles providing detailed policy formulations, evidence, and implementation steps that accompany the Roadmap’s proposals will be released on the same day. We look forward to sharing more information about this important milestone in the coming days.The work of the Roadmap will now be hosted and carried forward through the New Economies for Eradicating Poverty initiative, chaired by Olivier De Schutter. We look forward to staying connected as this work evolves. You can follow NEEP’s updates through our newsletter and LinkedIn page, and we invite you to share these with others who may wish to join the growing community around this work.With gratitude for your support towards co-constructing the Roadmap,Olivier De Schutter (Chair) François Denuit, Praachi Khera, Kate Holmes (Co-Directors)