International Day of Care and Support

The UN General Assembly has designated the 29th of October as the new International Day of Care and Support, by adopting Resolution A/77/L. 81 (24 July 2023). The day aims to raise awareness of the importance of social care and support, which regrettably remains an often overlooked and undervalued sector to this day.

It also stressed the need to recognize and value paid care work and care workers as essential workers and the need to adopt measures that combat gender stereotypes related to care and support, as well as those related to, inter alia, race, ethnicity, age and migratory status, to reduce occupational segregation for care work, facilitate the transition from informal to formal work and decent work, including with regard to paid care and domestic work, and create quality jobs in the care economy and increase the rewards and representation of paid domestic workers, including care workers, as well as the need to realize women’s right to work and rights at work for those with care responsibilities, including equal pay for work of equal value.