By Yaneth Vargas Sandoval

This socio-legal research article aims to address unpaid care work in Colombia, so the first part will address how women despite the existence of the right to Equality and non-discrimination as a human right, in the reality of this right is not fulfilled, since it is women who must face unequal conditions in access and permanence in the labor market, they will endure salary gaps and it is difficult for them to access the old-age pension.
All this added to the fact that women in times of pandemic have had to face circumstances worse than those faced by men, the above because they are the ones who have lost their jobs in a greater proportion, they are the ones who are exposed to the risk of contagion because they develop assistance health and social more than men
In the second part of this article, likewise, it is stated how the pandemic has made women have to increase the workload of care work, now in addition to this, they accompany the schoolwork of the minor children, adding the work in case or the telecommuting.
In addition to the above, it is proposed that in Colombia care work has not been recognized, the only rule being Law 1413 of 2010, which establishes that the Colombian State must account for the economic value of the care economy and determine the economic contribution that is reflected in the Gross Domestic Product-GDP in Colombia.
In the third part, a relationship is made between the Social Security in Old-age Pension and the unpaid care work performed by mostly women, where it is evidenced that the two pension regimes in Colombia do not take into account gender mainstreaming. Which makes women’s access to the old- age pension even more difficult.

Finally, some findings are raised among them, that the precarious work carried out by women in unpaid care work in Colombia was evidenced and the development of a norm that recognizes care work within the context of decent work is proposed and also that it is proposed to recognize care work as a Human Right.

Source @OIT