Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women 1999, para. 1o

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[Actions to be taken by Governments] (o) Recognize and acknowledge that unremunerated work by women in, for example agriculture, food production, natural resources management, caring for dependants and household and voluntary work, is a considerable contribution to society. Develop and improve mechanisms, for example time-use studies, to measure in quantitative terms unremunerated work in order to: • Make visible the unequal distribution between women and men of remunerated and unremunerated work in order to promote changes; • Assess the real value of unremunerated work and accurately reflect it in satellite or other official accounts that are separate from but consistent with core national accounts;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Men
  • Women
Year
1999
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CSW Agreed Conclusions, Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women (1999), para. 1o.
Paragraph number
1o