Question

Globally, the united nations estimates that the value of women's unpaid work, in the home and community, amounts to at least ____.

Answer 1

The answer is 10 percent of GDP. In 2013, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights reported to the United Nations General Assembly that if women's upaid work were given a monetary value it would be between 10 and 39 percent of GDP. The unpaid work women do at home and in the community subsidizes economies.