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  • gender balance
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      • parityRelated Term
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    • gender quotasNarrow Term
      • glass ceilingRelated Term
    • positive measuresNarrow Term
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    • vertical segregationNarrow Term
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  • gender pay gap
    • dignity at workRelated Term
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      • lone parentRelated Term
      • gender disparitiesRelated Term
    • recognition and valuation of unpaid workNarrow Term
      • care economyRelated Term
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      • care economyRelated Term
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  • glass ceiling
    • discrimination against womenRelated Term
    • equal treatment of women and menRelated Term
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    • glass cliffRelated Term
    • invisible barriersRelated Term
    • sticky floorRelated Term
    • vertical segregationRelated Term
  • woman worker
    • older women workersNarrow Term
    • women’s entrepreneurshipNarrow Term
  • work–life balance
    • care workRelated Term
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  • care economy
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    • gender-based division of labourRelated Term
    • new household economicsRelated Term
    • recognition and valuation of unpaid workRelated Term
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    • care workNarrow Term
      • childcareRelated Term
      • family careRelated Term
      • reproductive workRelated Term
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    • domestic responsibilitiesNarrow Term
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      • informal economyRelated Term
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      • unpaid workRelated Term
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      • domestic division of labourRelated Term
      • houseworkRelated Term
      • substantive gender equalityRelated Term
    • family careNarrow Term
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      • multiple burdenRelated Term
      • reconciliation of work, family and private lifeRelated Term
    • houseworkNarrow Term
      • domestic workRelated Term
      • equal sharing of domestic responsibilitiesRelated Term
      • family careRelated Term
      • unremunerated workRelated Term
    • reproductive workNarrow Term
      • care workRelated Term
  • pregnancy
    • pre-natal sex selectionRelated Term
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