F.
Developing research and information exchange
18. Research could be conducted drawing on the capabilities of the various
United Nations organizations, particularly in the following areas, when
compatible with the system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women,
1996-2001;
(a) Changes in the situation and attitudes of men and women with regard to
the reconciliation of family and professional life and the sharing of family
responsibilities - in particular, a study should be conducted in the context of
sub-Saharan Africa;
(b) Compilation of data on the unremunerated work which is already taken
into account in the System of National Accounts, 10/ for example in
agriculture and other types of non-mercantile production activity;
(c) Collection and exchange of information on the different systems that
exist for alimony payments;
(d) Unremunerated work which addresses the measuring and value of this
work, within the framework of the implementation of the Platform for Action;
(e) Time-use surveys of unremunerated work of women and men, with a view
to measuring its impact on the use and monitoring of economic and social
policies.
G.
Promoting change through international cooperation
19. The Commission on the Status of Women recommends to the Economic and Social
Council that all the strategies and policies of the United Nations and of Member
States designed to promote gender equality should take fully into account child
and dependant care, sharing of family work and responsibilities between men and
women, and unremunerated work, as integral parts of the concept of equality
between men and women.
20. The Commission on the Status of Women recommends to the Economic and Social
Council that the suggestions set out above be taken into account in defining the
policies of the United Nations system, as well as those of Member States.
2.
Resolutions and decision
4.
The following resolutions and decision adopted by the Commission are
brought to the attention of the Council:
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