The Human Rights Guide to the Sustainable Development Goals

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Goal	Target	Instrument	Article / Description
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	3 The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to ensure the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights set forth in the present Covenant.
			Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	7 The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of just and favourable conditions of work which ensure, in particular:
			Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	9 The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to social security, including social insurance.
			Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	10 The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize that: 10.1 The widest possible protection and assistance should be accorded to the family, which is the natural and fundamental group unit of society, particularly for its establishment and while it is responsible for the care and education of dependent children. Marriage must be entered into with the free consent of the intending spouses.
			Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	10 The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize that: 10.2 Special protection should be accorded to mothers during a reasonable period before and after childbirth. During such period working mothers should be accorded paid leave or leave with adequate social security benefits.
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women	14.1 States Parties shall take into account the particular problems faced by rural women and the significant roles which rural women play in the economic survival of their families, including their work in the non-monetized sectors of the economy, and shall take all appropriate measures to ensure the application of the provisions of the present Convention to women in rural areas.
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	ILO 156 Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No 156)	ILO 156 With the aim of creating effective equality of opportunity and treatment for men and women workers, this ILO convention requires ratifying states to make it a goal of national policy to enable persons with family responsibilities who are engaged or wish to engage in employment to exercise their right to do so without being subject to discrimination and, to the extent possible, without conflict between their employment and family responsibilities. The convention also requires governments to take account of the needs of workers with family responsibilities in community planning and to develop or promote community services, public or private, such as childcare and family services and facilities.
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	European Social Charter European Social Charter (Revised)	Part II The Parties undertake, as provided for in Part III, to consider themselves bound by the obligations laid down in the following articles and paragraphs.
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location		European Social Charter European Social Charter (Revised)	Part#I.8 Employed women, in case of maternity, have the right to a special protection.
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location		European Social Charter European Social Charter (Revised)	Part#II.8 With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right of employed women to the protection of maternity, the Parties undertake:
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location		European Social Charter European Social Charter (Revised)	Part#II.8.1 to provide either by paid leave, by adequate social security benefits or by benefits from public funds for employed women to take leave before and after childbirth up to a total of at least fourteen weeks;
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location		European Social Charter European Social Charter (Revised)	Part#II.8.3 to provide that mothers who are nursing their infants shall be entitled to sufficient time off for this purpose;
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location		European Social Charter European Social Charter (Revised)	Part#II.16 With a view to ensuring the necessary conditions for the full development of the family, which is a fundamental unit of society, the Parties undertake to promote the economic, legal and social protection of family life by such means as social and family benefits, fiscal arrangements, provision of family housing, benefits for the newly married and other appropriate means.
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	ADRDM American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man	II All persons are equal before the law and have the rights and duties established in this Declaration, without distinction as to race, sex, language, creed or any other factor.
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	ADRDM American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man	ADRDM American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man	XIV Every person has the right to work, under proper conditions, and to follow his vocation freely, insofar as existing conditions of employment permit. Every person who works has the right to receive such remuneration as will, in proportion to his capacity and skill, assure him a standard of living suitable for himself and for his family.
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	ACHR American Convention on Human Rights	26 The States Parties undertake to adopt measures, both internally and through international cooperation, especially those of an economic and technical nature, with a view to achieving progressively, by legislation or other appropriate means, the full realization of the rights implicit in the economic, social, educational, scientific, and cultural standards set forth in the Charter of the Organization of American States as amended by the Protocol of Buenos Aires.
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	Protocol of San Salvador Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural rights (Protocol of San Salvador)	7 The States Parties to this Protocol recognize that the right to work to which the foregoing article refers presupposes that everyone shall enjoy that right under just, equitable, and satisfactory conditions, which the States Parties undertake to guarantee in their internal legislation, particularly with respect to:
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	ACHPR African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights	15 Every individual shall have the right to work under equitable and satisfactory conditions, and shall receive equal pay for equal work.
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	ACHPR African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights	ACHPR African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights	18.3 The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also censure the protection of the rights of the woman and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions.
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	ACRWC African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child	20.2 State Parties to the present Charter shall in accordance with their means and national conditions take all appropriate measures:
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location		ACRWC African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child	20.2.b to assist parents and others responsible for the child in the performance of child-rearing and ensure the development of institutions responsible for providing care of children;
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location		ACRWC African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child	20.2.c to ensure that the children of working parents are provided with care services and facilities.
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location	Maputo Protocol Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa	13 States Parties shall adopt and enforce legislative and other measures to guarantee women equal opportunities in work and career advancement and other economic opportunities. In this respect, they shall:
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location		Maputo Protocol Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa	13.h take the necessary measures to recognise the economic value of the work of women in the home;
		Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.	5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Indicators 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location		Maputo Protocol Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa	13.l recognise that both parents bear the primary responsibility for the upbringing and development of children and that this is a social function for which the State and the private sector have secondary responsibility;

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