Eliminating discrimination against women in economic and social life with a focus on economic crisis 2014, para. 121
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Special Procedures' report
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[The Working Group recommends that States:] Take measures to reduce and reconstruct informal work; to reduce informal work, States should increase job opportunities for women in formal employment, especially in the public sector, and with targeted programmes for women's training, professionalization reskilling and unemployment programmes. To reconstruct, they should redefine the scope of protective labour law, introduce pro rata pay and social security benefits for part-time or casual work, and extend paid maternity leave and care rights to workers in both the formal and informal sectors;
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Procedures: Working Group on discrimination against women and girls
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Person(s) affected
Women
Document year
2014
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Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/26/39, para. 121.