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Building sustainable care and support systems through decent work.

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 Care and support systems are essential to decent work, gender equality and social justice. Yet many of the 381 million people working in the care economy worldwide – around 65 per cent of whom are women – continue to face low pay, inadequate social and labour protection, occupational safety and health risks, and limited opportunities for representation and collective voice. Watch building sustainable care and support systems through decent work! 01:53:14 Agencies, Funds & Programmes

Care Work and Caregivers: Global Challenges and Regional Perspectives for Inclusive Social Development (CSocD64 Side Event).

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Care Work and Caregivers: Global Challenges and Regional Perspectives for Inclusive Social Development (CSocD64 Side Event). The general objective of this 64th Session of the Commission for Social Development side event organized by Nigeria is to advance global understanding of care work as a human rights issue and to support inter-regional strategies that strengthen the protection, resilience, and recognition of caregivers through coordinated, equitable, and inclusive policies .  The forum will be conducted as a half-day session in alignment with the CSocD64 agenda. It will include: • A keynote address establishing the human rights and policy framework of care work. • Regional presentations reflecting experiences from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. • An inter-regional dialogue and exchange among policymakers, legal experts, civil society organizations, and community representatives. Care work—both paid and unpaid—sustains life, wellbeing, and the social and econ...