Unpaid care work and women's human rights 2013, para. 44
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- Unpaid care work can be arduous, stressful, emotionally difficult and even dangerous - for example through exposure to communicable diseases, fumes or burns from cooking stoves or risk of attack or assault while fetching fuel or water. If left unsupported, the mental and physical health of women with heavy unpaid care responsibilities may deteriorate dangerously; for example studies show that HIV/AIDS caregivers experience a negative impact on physical and mental health. Moreover, women with heavy unpaid care workloads may not be able to access adequate healthcare for lack of time or money. This is especially so in contexts where there is no free universal basic healthcare, or where communities living in poverty are underserved by health services.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 44
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