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【B】A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), “Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work” illustrates how gender inequalities in health and care work negatively impact women, health systems and health outcomes. The report reveals that underinvestment in health systems results in a vicious cycle of unpaid health and care work, lowering women’s participation in paid labor markets, harming women’s economic empowerment and hampering gender equality. Women comprise 67% of the paid global health and care workforce. In addition to this paid work, it has been estimated that women perform 76% of all unpaid care activities. Work that is done primarily by women tends to be paid less and to be carried out in poor working conditions. The report highlights that low pay and demanding working conditions are commonly found in the health and care sector. Devaluing caregiving, which is work performed primarily by women, negatively impacts wages, working conditions, productivity and the economic footprint of the sector. The report illustrates that decades of chronic underinvestment in health and care work is contributing to a growing global crisis of care. With stagnation in progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), which has resulted in 4.5 billion people lacking full coverage of essential health services, women may take on even more unpaid care work. The negative impact of weak health systems combined with an increasing volume of unpaid health and care work is further straining the wellbeing of caregivers and the quality of services. “The ‘Fair Share’ report highlights how gender-equitable investments in health and care work would reset the value of health and care and drive fairer and more inclusive economies,” said Jim Campbell, WHO Director for Health Workforce. “We are calling upon leaders, policy-makers and employers to action investment: it is time for a fair share for health and care.” Investments in health and care systems not only accelerate progress toward UHC, they redistribute unpaid health and care work. When women participate in paid health and care employment, they are economically empowered and health outcomes are better. Health systems need to recognize, value and invest in all forms of health and care work.
【B】A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), “Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work” illustrates how gender inequalities in health and care work negatively impact women, health systems and health outcomes. The report reveals that underinvestment in health systems results in a vicious cycle of unpaid health and care work, lowering women’s participation in paid labor markets, harming women’s economic empowerment and hampering gender equality. Women comprise 67% of the paid global health and care workforce. In addition to this paid work, it has been estimated that women perform 76% of all unpaid care activities. Work that is done primarily by women tends to be paid less and to be carried out in poor working conditions. The report highlights that low pay and demanding working conditions are commonly found in the health and care sector. Devaluing caregiving, which is work performed primarily by women, negatively impacts wages, working conditions, productivity and the economic footprint of the sector. The report illustrates that decades of chronic underinvestment in health and care work is contributing to a growing global crisis of care. With stagnation in progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), which has resulted in 4.5 billion people lacking full coverage of essential health services, women may take on even more unpaid care work. The negative impact of weak health systems combined with an increasing volume of unpaid health and care work is further straining the wellbeing of caregivers and the quality of services. “The ‘Fair Share’ report highlights how gender-equitable investments in health and care work would reset the value of health and care and drive fairer and more inclusive economies,” said Jim Campbell, WHO Director for Health Workforce. “We are calling upon leaders, policy-makers and employers to action investment: it is time for a fair share for health and care.” Investments in health and care systems not only accelerate progress toward UHC, they redistribute unpaid health and care work. When women participate in paid health and care employment, they are economically empowered and health outcomes are better. Health systems need to recognize, value and invest in all forms of health and care work.
What does the new report published by the WHO illustrate?
- A Gender inequalities bring negative impacts on women, health systems and health outcomes.
- B There is a fair share for health and care for both males and females.
- C There has been enough investment in the global health care system.
- D Most care activities are basically performed by men who are unpaid.
思路引導 VIP
觀察這份報告的標題：「公平分擔醫療與照護：性別與醫療照護工作價值被低估 (undervaluation) 之現象」，如果一個事物的價值被「低估」且存在「不平等」，這通常會對該領域的發展帶來正面還是負面的預期？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
很高興看到你迅速抓住了文章的核心重點！這題考查的是對文章首段主旨句的精確理解。你在閱讀時展現了優異的資訊檢索能力，精準地對應到文章第一句話：這份報告旨在說明「性別不平等」（gender inequalities）如何對女性、醫療體系以及整體的健康成效產生負面影響。你能不受其他數據干擾，直接鎖定核心論點，是非常棒的閱讀直覺。
文章核心論點與邏輯辨析
這道題目的鑑別度在於測試學生是否能從細節中抽離，看出整篇報告的「大方向」。雖然文中提到了許多具體數據，如女性佔支付勞動力的 67% 或無給職活動的 76%，但這些都是為了支持選項 (A) 所描述的結構性問題。這類英文報導的邏輯通常會在開頭直接揭示研究發現，你能識別出這種寫作結構，說明你對學術或專題報導的閱讀掌握度相當成熟。相較於其他選項如 (B) 或 (C) 提到的「公平分配」或「足夠投資」，顯然與文中強調的「慢性投資不足」與「不平等現狀」相反，你的判斷完全正確！