Addressing the deficit in men's participation in paid care work

该项目旨在通过探讨已在卫生保健和社会援助部门就业的男子如何克服参与此类工作的障碍，解决在一线低薪职业中男子人数长期和持续不足的问题。该项目采用定性方法，期望在男性和男性气质以及劳动力市场转型的批判性研究领域产生新的理论和实践知识。预期的结果包括更好地了解低收入护理工作劳动力市场中的男性。这将大大有助于解决目前和预计在未来几年个人和老年/残疾照顾者严重短缺的问题。

This project aims to address the chronic and ongoing underrepresentation of men in front line, low paid occupations in the Health Care and Social Assistance Sector by exploring how men already employed in the sector overcome the barriers to participating in such jobs. Utilising a qualitative methodology, this project expects to generate new theoretical and practical knowledge in the areas of critical studies of men and masculinity and labour market transitions. Expected outcomes include producing a better understanding of men in the low paid care work labour market. This should provide significant benefits in relation to tackling the serious current and projected shortages of personal and aged/disability carers in the coming years.