(q) Measure, in quantitative and qualitative terms,
pension and savings schemes, that meet basic minimum needs, and recognize leave periods for caregiving in the calculation of respective benefits;
unremunerated work that is outside national
accounts, in order to better reflect its value in such
accounts, and recognize and take necessary measures to incorporate the value and cost of unpaid
work within and between households and society
at large in policies, strategies, plans and budgets
across all relevant sectors;
(x) Strengthen efforts to protect the rights and ensure
decent work conditions for all domestic workers,
including women migrant domestic workers, in,
inter alia, their working hours and wages, and to
improve their access to health-care services and
other social and economic benefits;
(r) Measure, in quantitative terms, unremunerated
work that is outside national accounts, to accurately assess and reflect its value in satellite or
other official accounts that are separate from but
consistent with core national accounts;
(y) Take measures to address the special needs of girls,
including migrant girls, employed as domestic
workers and caregivers, as well as those that have
to perform excessive domestic chores and caregiving responsibilities, and to provide access to education, vocational training, health services, food,
shelter and recreation, while ensuring the prevention and elimination of child labour and economic
exploitation of girls;
(s) Adopt, implement and monitor gender-sensitive poli-
cies and programmes to ensure the full enjoyment of
human rights, social protection, and decent working
conditions of both paid and unpaid caregivers;
(t) Adopt, implement, evaluate and, where necessary,
review gender-sensitive legislation and policies that
promote balance between paid work and family
responsibilities, reduce occupational and sectoral
segregation, advance equal remuneration, and
ensure that workers with flexible arrangements are
not discriminated against;
(z) Develop gender-sensitive measures, including
national action plans, where appropriate, to eliminate the worst forms of child labour;
(aa) Strengthen education, health and social services
and effectively utilize resources to achieve gender
equality and the empowerment of women and
ensure women’s and girls’ rights to education at all
levels and the enjoyment of the highest attainable
standard of physical and mental health, including
sexual and reproductive health, as well as quality,
affordable and universally accessible primary health
care and services, as well as sex education based on
full and accurate information in a manner consistent
with the evolving capacities of girls and boys, and
with appropriate direction and guidance;
(u) Ensure that women and men have access to mater-
nity, paternity, parental and/or other forms of leave,
and consider providing incentives to men to avail
themselves of such leave for caregiving purposes, and
take measures to protect women and men against
dismissal, and guarantee their right to resume the
same or equivalent post after utilizing such leave;
(v) Ensure that social protection measures such as
health insurance, child and family allowances and
information on these benefits are widely available
and accessible, and that these measures do not
reinforce gender biases, that workers are not discriminated against when they avail themselves of
the benefits available, and that these benefits are
regularly reviewed to target all workers, including,
as appropriate, in the informal sector;
( bb) Develop and/or expand, and adequately resource,
the provision of equitable, quality, accessible and
affordable care and support services for all people
needing care, including through community-based
support systems, while ensuring that such services
meet the needs of both caregivers and care recipients, bearing in mind the increased labour mobility
of women and men, and, where applicable, kinship and extended family responsibilities, and the
importance of adequate nutrition;
(w) Develop and improve sustainable and adequate
social protection and/or insurance schemes, including
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