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357: Feminist Economics and the Future of Care Work with Lucía Cirmi Obón

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Care has always been at the center of our lives. So why has it never been at the center of our economy?

In this episode, feminist economist Lucía Cirmi Obón joins us to unpack something most of us have felt but never had the language for: that the daily work of raising children, caring for family, and holding communities together is not separate from economic life. It is economic life.

Drawing from her years inside Argentina’s national government and her ongoing work in feminist economics, Lucía makes a compelling case: economies that ignore care don’t just fail women. They fail everyone.

This is a conversation for the woman who has ever felt the weight of invisible labor, wondered why the systems around her weren’t built to support her, or simply wanted to understand the bigger picture behind the struggles she faces every day.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

  • What feminist economics teaches us about valuing real life
  • Why care work has been historically overlooked and how that’s changing
  • The connection between care, inequality, and economic systems
  • Lessons from Argentina’s approach to care policies and community care
  • How to think critically about mainstream economic narratives
  • The future of work and why care jobs are essential and growing
  • The role of men, families, and communities in building more balanced systems

The most personal things in your life like who cares for your children, who will care for you when you’re older, how much of yourself you give before anyone gives back, these are not private matters. They are political ones. And this episode will help you see them that way.

✨ Ease in understanding that the overwhelm so many of us carry isn’t a personal failing. It’s a structural one. Lucía’s work is a reminder that when care is treated as a collective responsibility rather than a woman’s burden, something in us finally gets to exhale.

✨ Joy in discovering that your lived experience (the caregiving, the juggling, the invisible labor) is not separate from the big economic debates. It’s the evidence. This episode has a way of making you feel less alone in what you carry, and more connected to a global movement working to change it.

✨ Impact in seeing how feminist ideas that once lived only on the margins are now shaping legislation, policy, and international conversation. Every woman who speaks up, names the imbalance, or simply refuses to accept the status quo is part of that momentum.

✨ Self-trust in the quiet confidence Lucía models throughout this conversation. She has walked into rooms that weren’t built for her perspective and made her voice heard anyway, not by abandoning her values, but by rooting deeper into them. 

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✨ The Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/ 

✨ Join us on April 30th at the Family Friendly New Mexico Business Awards Luncheon at Sandia Resort & Casino, where I’ll be in conversation with Dr. Corinne Low about what the data tells us about work, caregiving, and the structural changes needed for both people and businesses to thrive. 

As host of the Well Woman Show and Founder of Family Friendly New Mexico, I’m thrilled to bring this conversation to employers, HR leaders, policymakers, and community partners across our state — and to celebrate the businesses that are leading the way in creating workplaces that truly work for families. Grab your tickets at familyfriendlynm.org — hope to see you there!

✨ Join other smart, high-achieving women to rewrite the rules for how to love, lead, and succeed — so you can live with more joy, ease, and abundance, even when life is tough. 

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