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The Care Economy

The system has always talked about productivity, growth, and efficiency. But it has rarely talked about who truly sustains life. Care is also infrastructure. Care is also the economy. Care is also the future. Invisible, feminized, and often unpaid, care sustains households, communities, and entire cities. Ignoring it is not only unfair—it’s unsustainable. 📸Photos: Sahaj Patel, Sushanta Rokka, The New York Public Library, BenjaminChambon.

We Don't Have Time for What's Possible by Vanessa Vásquez

How does a mission emerge from the midst of chaos? In this talk for Sesiones Sur Global, Vanessa Vásquez tells us the story of Perú Pendiente, an organization that was born out of a personal crisis and is now a leader in humanitarian aid.

Cantagallo, where the jungle endures in the heart of Lima

Reclaiming the Internet: Toward a Post-Naive, Pluriversal Web

From the narrative of inevitability to the collective construction of human infrastructures

The Illusions of Self-Care: Taking Care of Ourselves So We Can Imagine Possible Futures

When the individual perspective ignores inequality, care loses its collective meaning. Reclaiming that meaning—through community efforts, time, networks, and policies—is essential to envisioning shared futures and making them possible.

Mental Health in the Workplace: Unresolved Issues

By Álex Hernández The film "Harta" (Straw), written, directed, and starring Tyler Perry, which premiered on Netflix in 2025, immerses us in the life of Janiyah Wiltkinson, a single mother who must navigate raising her sick daughter within a broken economic system. We watch her overcome obstacle after obstacle—as if in a race—making impossible decisions in an effort to provide her with the