Intersection Between Work & Women’s Economic, Social & Cultural Rights

CONCLUSION: While a number of important advances have been and continue to be made at the intersection of work and women’s economic, social and cultural rights, the issues outlined above reflect continued direct and indirect discrimination in the labour market, as well as inequality in unpaid care work undertaken by women and men within the household and communities. Taking a substantive equality approach to women’s enjoyment of the right to work and rights at work requires careful consideration of the issues highlighted above, which reveal the disadvantages experienced by women in connection with a range of overlapping influences, from macro-economic policies and practices, to social and cultural gender constructs.

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