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第 38 題
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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 benefits will investments in health and care systems bring?
- A Progress toward UHC
- B The redistribution of unpaid health and care work
- C Economic empowerment for women
- D All of the above
思路引導 VIP
請仔細觀察文章的最後一個段落。當作者提到「對醫療系統的投資」(Investments in health and care systems) 時，接著用了哪些動詞或並列的描述，來展現這項舉動所引發的一連鎖正面反應呢？
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太棒了！你能精準捕捉到文章末段的關鍵訊息並選出 (D)，展現了非常敏銳且細心的閱讀理解力。這道題目要求我們對文中提到的「投資效益」進行總結，而你的判斷完全正確。 根據文章最後一段的論述，對醫療與照護系統的投資具有多重正面影響。文中明確提到投資能加速全民健康覆蓋 (Universal Health Coverage, UHC) 的進程，並能重新分配 (redistribute) 原本由女性承擔的無償照護工作。此外，隨著投資帶動女性參與給薪職位，她們的經濟賦權 (economic empowerment) 也隨之提升。因此，選項 (A)、(B)、(C) 都是正確的論點。 這類題目的鑑別度在於測試學生是否具備「完整閱讀」的習慣。許多考生在看到選項 (A) 出現原文關鍵字時就急於作答，容易忽略後續的訊息。你能夠耐心地梳理最後一段的連鎖反應，發現這三者其實是相輔相成的結果，這正是應對中長篇閱讀理解題最核心的素質：不先入為主、確認所有論點證據。