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    Webpage: 'Gender and Social Protection' Key Issues Page

    Eldis, 2008
    Social protection as a poverty reduction strategy has been gaining attention in recent years. The term ?social protection? can be used to describe a range of public, private or informal interventions to reduce vulnerability and risk faced by poor people. Such interventions include, but are not limited to, cash transfers, social pensions, and cash- or food-for-work programmes.
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    Human Development Report 1999, Chapter 3: ?The Invisible Heart - Care and the Global Economy?

    United Nations Development Programme, 1999
    In a globally competitive labour market, how can we preserve time to care for ourselves and our families, neighbours and friends? How do we find the resources to provide for those unable to provide for themselves? And how can societies distribute the costs and burdens of this work equitably - between men and women, and between the state, family or community, and the private sector?
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    Human Development Report 1995, Chapter 4: ?Valuing Women's Work?

    United Nations Development Programme, 1995
    Much of the work that women do remains unrecognised and unvalued, particularly in economic terms. This has an impact on the status of women in society, their opportunities in public life and the failure of development policy to address gender inequalities. This chapter of the Human Development Report reflects on the scale and nature of women's economic contributions globally.
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    Time-use Surveys in Latin America

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009
    This presentation by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) provides an overview of the wide range of initiatives that have been carried out in Latin America on the issue of time use. Mandated by international and regional agreements such as the Beijing Platform for Action and the Quito Consensus, a number of national governments have introduced time use modules.
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    A Critical Review of Selected Time Use Surveys

    2007
    Time use surveys provide information on the activities people perform over a given time period - generally a day or a week - as well as how much time they spend on each of the specified activities.
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    Time Use and Unpaid work in Uruguay. Household Survey Module September 2007

    Instituto Nacional de Estadística / National Institute of Statistics, Bolivia, 2008
    In 2007, the National Statistics Institute of Uruguay introduced a module on time use and unpaid work into the national household survey. This initiative was part of a wider regional project, funded by the United Nations Development Fund for Woment (UNIFEM) and the Spanish Development Cooperation, and implemented in collaboration with local governments.
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    From Conciliation to Coresponsibility: Good Practice and Recommendations

    Instituto de la Mujer, 2007
    This document was researched and produced by the Spanish National Machinery for the Advancement of Women (Instituto de la Mujer). It identifies good practices in relation to a) promoting women's integration into the labour market, and b) encouraging men's involvement in care and domestic tasks. Building on these good practices, a comprehensive plan is outlined.
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    Global Dimensions of Gender and Carework

    Stanford University Press, 2006
    How has globalisation affected women's traditional work of unpaid caring, as well as their employment in jobs that incorporate these same tasks? Why are so many migrant women going into jobs that involve forms of care work? What happens to the care of their own families when women leave?
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    Promoting the Rights of Women Migrant Domestic Workers in Arab States: The Case of Lebanon

    International Labour Organization, 2008
    Thousands of women leave their homes each year to work as domestic workers in the Arab world with the hope of securing a better economic future. Some have their dreams fulfilled; others find themselves in a financial and emotional bind.
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    Preventing Discrimination, Exploitation and Abuse of Women Migrant Workers: An Information Guide?, Booklet 4: Working and Living Abroad,

    International Labour Organization, 2003
    Why are women migrant domestic workers vulnerable to discrimination, exploitation and abuse? What actions are needed to prevent violations of their basic human rights? This clear and practical information booklet outlines the main types of discrimination, exploitation and abuse experienced by women migrants, with a focus on migrant domestic workers.

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