Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems

Home care workers in Pa. and other states are losing minimum wage protections — and fighting back This story was originally published by Capital & Main. For more than two decades, Denise Lugo has worked as a home care worker in Fayetteville, North Carolina, caring for elderly clients in their…

"At least one-quarter of all home care workers will lose their right to minimum wage and overtime under the Trump administration proposal because they live in states that have no additional wage protections for home care workers."

Who cares? Making Care Everyone’s Work By Isabelle Tschan and Sneha Pathak

This is precisely correct!! An infrastructure of care is essential.
"Far from being a private favour to mothers, care services are public infrastructure, like transport or electricity - essential to functioning societies."

Partnership Studies 16: Women’s Leadership, Partnership Power, and Caring Economies “Getting more women into leadership is not about replacing men. We are talking about enlightened men and enlightened women working together in a new model of leadership, a partnership leadership…

How does Riane Eisler’s partnership model of women’s and men’s shared leadership reframe politics, economics, and social change in a world shaped by trauma, technology, and resurgent authoritarianism?

24: Remything Intimate Partnership with Dr. Riane Eisler - Beyond Patriarchal S*x - Podcast Episode - Podscan.fm Listen to 24: Remything Intimate Partnership with Dr. Riane Eisler from Beyond Patriarchal S*x (0 sec) • Published Nov 14, 2025. In this conversation wit...

"Riane says the goal is not to go back in time, but to move forward with a new narrative for sex and intimate relating - beyond the domination model ... to reimagine the new way forward for women and men together."
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The Real Wealth of Nations Bestselling author Riane Eisler (The Chalice and the Blade, which has sold more than 500,000 copies sold) shows that at the root of all of society's big problems is the fact that we don't value what…

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Democratic Women’s Caucus Launches Caregiving Task Force to Protect & Strengthen America’s Care Economy WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Friday, November 21, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) officially launched its new Caregiving Task Force.

"We have a caregiving crisis in this country, where millions are waiting on lists to get the care they need or they can’t afford it, meanwhile, those who work as caregivers are not being paid fairly for their critical role."

Women’s voices at the G20: action urged on economic empowerment, care work, health, climate justice and forced labour The G20’s Women 20 group agreed that action is needed to stop unpaid care work and forced labour, and improve women’s health and climate leadership.

"Women perform 76.2% of total unpaid care work globally, more than three times as much as men. W20 delegates recognised that this represents a massive, unvalued economic contribution from women, who are also left with less time to do paid work."

Partnership Studies 15: Riane Eisler on Politics: Partnership Leadership vs. Domination “We’re living through a period of transition from domination toward partnership. There’s a strong global movement in that direction—but it’s also being countered by a robust regression.”

"Meanwhile, men today face their own crisis. They’re flooded with propaganda urging them to reclaim dominance. Many boys and young men mistake that for strength, forgetting they’re simply part of a larger hierarchy of domination."

National Snapshot: Poverty Among Women & Families in 2024 - National Women's Law Center Between 2020 and 2021, poverty rates as measured by the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) fell dramatically—even in the midst of a pandemic wreaking havoc on the U.S. economy—because…

What does care have to do with the poverty rate of women and children? Everything!

The Care Imperative: Why Investing In Care Grows America’s Economy Executive Summary A better, more affordable country for all of us is possible, within reach, and necessary if we are to secure a brighter future for

"The cost burden of care that currently stifles economic stability for American families and hinders economic growth will be lifted by prioritizing public care investments and policies that support the ease of providing and caring for each other."

Care as a human right: a bi-regional agenda for the sustainability of life The bi-regional pact on care will be key at the CELAC-EU Summit. We analyze how it seeks to recognize care as a right and reduce gender inequality.

"This vision would allow legislative and public policy developments in the field of care and migration to take into account the particular needs of migrant women and guarantee the conditions for them to be able to care for others in dignified conditions"

Partnership Studies 14: Moving From Domination to Partnership in Mental Health “Our true nature is one of care. We empathize; we cooperate.”

"The domination model, which seeks to return to more rigid hierarchies, is actually causing many of the mental health issues we see today.:"

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A pioneering Tour de Force with Foreword by John Fullerton and a historic guest essay by Dr. Riane Eisler and others. Available for pre-order now!

Partnership Studies 12: 'The Odyssey' Reviewed What would a partnership-centered retelling of "The Odyssey" reveal about gender, care, and power?

"We have a gendered system of values in economics: there’s always money for weapons, for wars, for the hero as killer—but somehow never enough for feeding, nurturing, and caring for children. It’s a very irrational system, what I call “reality stood on its head.”

NPWF President Jocelyn C. Frye: “Health care cuts hurt women workers — and weaken our entire economy” | National Partnership for Women & Families NPWF President Jocelyn C. Frye testified before the House of Representatives’ Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, the Democratic Women’s Caucus and other House leaders at a hearing on “The Cost…

"...women most often pay the heaviest price for our infrastructure failures. They lose income when they have to take unpaid time from work to provide care, they face more health risks when their health providers shut down, and they face unfair treatment ..."

Partnership Studies 13: Domination vs Partnership: Rethinking Power Binary oppositions such as hot and cold, night and day, do exist in nature, yet they operate on gradients. We should not discard the concept of duality altogether, but we must move beyond rigid…

"Viewed through the partnership–domination continuum, today’s global resurgence of authoritarianism represents a backlash against social progress toward partnership."

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"In this special podcast interview, Riane shares the four cornerstone issues with us, which she also wrote about in an essay written exclusively for our forthcoming book: Our Biggest Deal: Pathways to Planetary Prosperity."

Professor of Peace Shares His Expertise Ever since 7th grade when I first learned of Ghandhi’s nonviolent protests, I’ve often pondered the elusiveness of peace. Someone once said to me, “Humans

Eisler and Fry highlight empirical research on the comparative effects of these two systems on physical and mental health, social relations, and general human flourishing.

Use Emerging Science to Build Peace From civil rights to environmental justice to current events: New science shows what works to build peace—despite authoritarianism—in a global shift towards partnership.

"Neuroscience shows that..., our brains retain the capacity to rewire. By becoming conscious of our “childhood programming,” we can shift away from the normalization of violence and instead nurture cultures of partnership and peace."

What Does It Mean to Be Human in a World Out of Balance? Feeling lost in a world of chaos and violence? This post explores how the ancient myth of "human exceptionalism" has disconnected us from nature and each other. Discover how returning to a…

How the myth of “human exceptionalism” created our world in crisis, and why returning to our ancient “partnership” roots is the path to healing.

Partnership Studies 10: Partnership Systems, Caring Economics, and Human Rights Why does “caring economics” outperform domination models on equity, sustainability, and peace?

How does a partnership lens—from early caregiving to parliament—reshape brains, policies, and democracies?

Partnerships Studies 9: Partnership Science, Human Rights, and Caring Economics What is the partnership–domination scale, and how can it improve scientific methodology?

How do Social Wealth Economic Indicators (SWEIs) fix GDP’s blind spots on caregiving and nature?

Partnership Studies 8: Language, Parenting, Mythos What evidence from neuroscience and archaeology most persuasively supports a transition to “power with” cultures, and how should educators translate that evidence into curricula that cultivate…

How can policymakers operationalize the four cornerstones—family/childhood, gender, economics, and story/language—into measurable reforms that shift societies along the partnership–domination scale without provoking counterproductive backlash? goodmenproject.com/featured-con...

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Each episode features Dr. Riane Eisler in conversation as a partnership host, alongside many of the extraordinary patrons who have also helped bring the Peace Begins at Home Summit to life.

Ela Gandhi, Refilwe Mokoena to Bring SA Insights to Global Peace Summit Ela Gandhi and Refilwe Mokoena will join global experts for the inaugural Peace Begins at Home Summit on 29 October 2025.

South Africa’s Ela Gandhi, peace activist and former South African MP, and Refilwe Mokoena will join the dynamic group of speakers from around the world at the l Peace Begins at Home Summit 29 October 2025.

US Changemakers and Canadian Indigenous Women Leaders Join Global Peace Summit – Oct 29 The Peace Begins at Home Summit (Oct 29, 2025) will unite 26 speakers from 17 countries, including Dr. Riane Eisler, Ela Gandhi, and Dr. Richard Davidson. Dr. Riane Eisler, speaker at the Peace…

On 29 October 2025, the inaugural Peace Begins at Home Summit will bring together 26 speakers from 17 countries for a one-day global virtual gathering that asks a radical question: what if peace truly begins at home?

The Soul of the Peace Begins at Home Summit 2025 | Music, Voices & Global Connection — Peace Begins at Home Summit Experience the soul of the Peace Begins at Home Summit: music, voices, and stories uniting a global movement for peace and partnership.

On October 29, voices from across the world will gather to connect the dots between what happens in our homes and what happens in our societies.