Right to work 2017, para. 17

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Welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and emphasizes that there are targets therein to "by 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value" (target 8.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals) and to "recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family, as nationally appropriate" (target 5.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals), strengthening the efforts towards gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and calls for the implementation of its relevant goals and targets;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
  • Youth
Year
2017
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Right to work (2017), A/HRC/RES/34/14, OP 17.
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OP
Paragraph number
17