Second United Nations Observance of the International Day of Care and Support! UN Women is leading this year’s celebration, in collaboration with the ILO, OHCHR and with the co-sponsorship of Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Philippines and Spain.
📅 Date: Tuesday, 29 October 2024
🕒 Time: 10:00-12:00 EST
🔗 Live Streaming: The event will also be broadcast live via UN Web TV| English with translation to Spanish and French available
🔗 Registration: To confirm your in-person attendance, please register here by 24 October 2024
📍 Location: ECOSOC Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters
What to Expect:
In July 2023 the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Resolution (A/RES/77/317), designated the 29th of October as the International Day of Care and Support, a date to raise awareness of the importance of care and support and its key contribution to gender equality and sustainable development, as well as of the need to invest in the care economy and to create robust, resilient and gender-responsive, disability-inclusive and age-sensitive care and support systems.
With the theme “Transforming care systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of Beijing+30”, this year’s celebration will build on the recently launched UN system-wide policy guidance on Transforming Care Systems as a critical lever for gender equality. As we approach the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, this occasion is a timely opportunity to commit to action to transform care systems, to end the undervalued and gendered division of care work and build thriving, equitable and sustainable economies and societies for today’s and tomorrow’s generations.
For questions or additional information, please contact: brunella.canu@unwomen.org and vanessa.sampaio@unwomen.org
UN Women will also be celebrating this day worldwide through activities at country and regional level, and counts on your participation to make this a real worldwide UN Women celebration of the International Day of Care and Support!