Valuable Charities, Invaluable Women

Charities and nonprofit(NP)organisations are an§accepted feature of Australian civil society. In§2006-07 it was estimated there were 700,000§in the nonprofit sector. The most economically§significant NPs employed 995,000 people.§In 2008, 87% of these were women. This§workforce gender profile has not changed throughout§the sectory''s history and it has significant§implications for how§care work is conceptualised, valued and included in§broader society, politically, economically and§culturally. This is a feminist critique of women s§experience of working in charities. It explores the§Australian context, feminist philosophy, ethics,§leadership, spirituality, power and business reality§of§charitable work as women s work; with its impact on§the recipients of charitable services. This book§offers an interpretation of the underlying§assumptions of Australian charities philosophical§constructs, the different role they hold in society§and a feminist perspective of the women s experience§who work within them. Anyone who works with§charities or is researching the sector and its§contribution to Australian life will be interested§in the book