Uneven Expectations: Measuring gender norms to address children's engagement in unpaid work

This brief explains the rationale for measuring gender norms related to unpaid care and domestic work through population-level household surveys, considers how these data would inform relevant policies and programmes, and identifies what to measure. The data collection tool being developed by UNICEF will provide a vital step toward addressing gender imbalances not only in childhood and adolescence, but also in adulthood.