THE Law 15,069 of 2024which establishes the National Care Policy and which was sanctioned on Monday (23) by the President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, came into force this Tuesday (24). Among the measures provided for by the law, published in this Tuesday’s edition of the Official Gazette of the Union, is the elaboration of a national plan with actions, goals, indicators, instruments, validity and review periods, responsible bodies and entities.
Responsibility for care will be shared between the State, families, the private sector and civil society. The objective is to create a more robust and effective support network in the country, which ensures that no social group is burdened with care responsibilities.
The policy prioritizes children, adolescents, the elderly and people with disabilities as beneficiaries of care activities. There is also the possibility of gradually expanding the policy’s priority audience, depending on new demands.
“The State will take care of these people and will remove the invisibility of both the person who needs care and the people they care for. This money is an investment in the quality of life of the people who worked so hard, who dedicated so much time to building this Brazil”, said Lula in a video published on his social networks, on Monday, after sanctioning the law.
The text also guarantees priority for the promotion of decent work to those who work, remunerated, with the care of other people, which includes tackling precariousness and implementing policies that ensure fair wages, adequate labor rights and working conditions. safe.
The idea is also to transform the perception and organization of care in society, with the aim of ensuring that responsibilities are distributed more equally between men and women. According to data from 2022, from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), women spend twice as much time caring for others as men.
For those who need care, the law seeks, according to the federal government, to promote “inclusion and equity, ensuring that everyone has access to the necessary care, regardless of their socioeconomic situation, gender, race or physical condition”.
