Unpaid care work is a critical—yet largely unseen—dimension of human well-being that provides essential domestic services with in households,for other households and to community members.'Unpaid' means that the person doing the activity does not receive a wage and that the work, because it falls outside the production boundaryin the
Systemof National Accounts, is not counted in GDP calculations.
'Care'means that the activity serves people and their well-being,and includes both personal care and care-related activities,such as cooking,cleaning and washing clothes.'Work'means that the activity entails expenditures of time and energy.
Unpaid care work is also referred to as'reproductive' or 'domestic' work in order to distinguish it from market-based work.
The International Labour Organization uses the term ‘workers withfamily responsibilities’.