Unpaid care work and women's human rights 2013, para. 13
Paragraph
Paragraph text
The unequal distribution of unpaid care work is highly reflective and determinative of power relations between women and men. Discriminatory gender stereotypes, which construe women as second-class citizens whose place is in the home, cause and perpetuate this unequal distribution of work, rendering women's equal enjoyment of rights impossible. Addressing care responsibilities is thus an essential component of the obligations of States to ensure gender equality at home, work and in society more broadly.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights