Webinar – Disability and the Care Economy

Date: September 19, 2024
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET

More than 1 in 5 Americans are caregivers. Many disabled Americans need care: approximately 7% of U.S. adults have an independent living disability, and 3.6% of U.S. adults have a self-care disability. However, many professional caregivers are underpaid, and the 53 million American family caregivers are unpaid altogether. Disability justice requires a care economy infrastructure that supports disabled people and the people who provide care.

This panel discussion will address questions such as:

What are infrastructures of care, and why are they important for disability justice?
How do care work, disability justice, and gender justice intersect?
How can philanthropy support care infrastructure for people with disabilities?

CART will be provided. If you require another accommodation to fully participate in the webinar, please note it in your registration, or contact us at communications@disabilityphilanthropy.org. This free webinar is presented by the Disability & Philanthropy Forum, in partnership with the Care for All with Respect and Equity (CARE) Fund.

About the Panelists

Anna Wadia is a woman with light brown skin and shoulder length wavy dark brown and grayish hair, wearing glasses, a turquoise, blue, and purplish scarf around her neck, and a maroon button up long-sleeve shirt. She is smiling at the camera.

Moderator: Anna Shireen Wadia, Executive Director, Care for All with Respect and Equity (CARE) Fund

Anna Shireen Wadia is the Executive Director of the Care for All with Respect and Equity (CARE) Fund. At the Ford Foundation, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and her own consulting practice, Anna has nurtured and propelled movements for care and built bridges among funders and advocates across the care continuum. As Senior Program Officer for the Ford Foundation’s Future of Worker(s) program, her grantmaking focused on improving the quality of jobs for low-wage workers and supporting movements for equitable and universal caregiving policies. At the Ms. Foundation for Women, Anna co-directed the program division and managed a funder collaborative focused on women’s economic development. Anna began her career supporting women’s and other community-based organizations working on income generation and relief efforts in West and Southern Africa. She holds a master’s degree in public affairs from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and a bachelor’s degree from Yale University.