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UN Instruments - Appropriate Measures
to Allow Women Workers
with Family Responsibilities to Conciliate these Responsibilities and Their Professional
Obligations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights -
article 16.3:
Article 16
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The family is the natural and fundamental
group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the
State.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights - article 10.1:
Article 10
The States Parties to the present Covenant
recognize that:
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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.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -
article 23.1:
Article 23
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The family is the natural and fundamental group
unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the
State.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women - articles 10(h)and 11.2(c):
Article 10
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to
eliminate discrimination against women in order to ensure to them equal
rights with men in the field of education and in particular to ensure, on a
basis of equality of men and women:
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Access to specific educational information to
help to ensure the health and well-being of families, including information
and advice on family planning.
Article 11
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In order to prevent discrimination against women on
the grounds of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to
work, States Parties shall take appropriate measures:
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To encourage the provision of the necessary
supporting social services to enable parents to combine family obligations
with work responsibilities and participation in public life, in particular
through promoting the establishment and development of a network of
child-care facilities.
Beijing Platform for Action, paragraph 179
(c), 180 (a):
Paragraph 179
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Governments are called to, ensure through
legislation, incentives and/or encouragement, opportunities for women and
men to take job-protected parental leave and to have parental benefits;
promote the equal sharing of responsibilities for the family by men and
women, including through appropriate legislation, incentives and / or
encouragement, and also promote the facilitation of breast-feeding for
working mothers.
Paragraph 180:
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Governments, the private sector and
non-governmental organizations, trade unions and the United Nations are
called to adopt appropriate measures involving relevant governmental bodies
and employers’ and employees’ associations so that women and men are
able to take temporary leave from employment, have transferable employment
and retirement benefits and make arrangements to modify work hours without
sacrificing their prospects for development and advancement at work and in
their careers.
Convention on the Rights of the Child - article 18.3:
Article 18
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States Parties shall take all appropriate
measures to ensure that children of working parents have the right to
benefit from child-care services and facilities for which they are eligible.
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