Bearing article All Forms of Discrimination for 11 of the Convention against Women, Beparagraph 120 of the Nairobi ‘&he Advancement of WomenI11 on the Elimination Forward-looking of Strategies Affirmina that the measurementand quantification of the unremunerated domestic activities of women,which contribute to development in each country , will belp to reveal the cle facto economic role of women, Convincea that such measurementand quantification offers a basis for the formulation of further policies related to the advancement of women, &&i,xg the discussions of the Statistical Commission, at its -twenty-fifth-session, on the current revision of the System of National Accounts and the development of statistics on women, &zg~g&~ thatstates parties: (a) Encourage and support research and experimental studies to measure and value the unremunerated domestic activities of women; for example, by conducting time-use surveys as part of their national household survey programmesand by collecting statistics disaggregated by gender on time spent on activities both in the household and on the labour nlarketj (b) Take steps, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on'tbe Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Womenand the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women,to quantify and include the unremunerated domestic activities of womenin the, gross national product9 (c) Include in their reports submitted under article 18 of the Convention information on the research and experimental studies undertaken to measure and value unremunerated domestic sctivities, as well as on the progress made in the incorporation of the unremunerated domestic activities of womenin national accounts. 1c For the discussion, see chap. VI. -2-