Unpaid care work and women's human rights 2013, para. 25
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Given the intimate connection between the position of women in the private sphere and their exclusion from full enjoyment of civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights, States must recognize the value and gendered impact of unpaid care work, and take appropriate action to ensure that its difficulty/intensity is lessened and its distribution shared more equally on both the societal and household levels. The State has a strong role to play in this regard, for example by mobilizing resources and providing accessible affordable public services towards these ends.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights