SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Updated: 30 September 2022
Manuela Leporesi
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- Paid work and good working conditions are critical for health
- Work gives people money for food, medicine and housing as these, and other things support health
- Work may give people a greater sense of security and well-being
- Paid work and good working conditions are important for economic growth and the broader sustainable development agenda
- There are human rights related to work and economic growth, for example:
- Right to work and to just and favourable conditions of work
- Ban on slavery, forced labour, and trafficking of persons
- Equal rights of women in relation to employment
- Ban of child labour
- Equal labour rights of migrant workers
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