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Facts and figures

The numbers behind the Family Mission Control guides, each with its source. Figures are stated as the source states them.

  • Across the world, without exception, women perform three-quarters of unpaid care work, or 76.2 per cent of the total of hours provided.[1]
  • Women dedicate on average 3.2 times more time than men to unpaid care work: 4 hours and 25 minutes per day, against 1 hour and 23 minutes for men.[1]
  • Women spend more time in unpaid care work than men in every region, ranging from 1.7 times more in the Americas to 4.7 times in the Arab States.[1]
  • Daminger's 2019 study of cognitive labour in the household drew on 70 in-depth interviews with members of 35 couples.[2]
  • A study of family calendaring routines examined 44 different families.[3]
  • The UAE domestic helpers law applies to 19 occupations, including nanny or babysitter, cook and personal or family driver.[4]
  • Under the 2022 Decree-Law text, domestic workers are entitled to rest of at least 12 hours per day, of which at least eight are consecutive.[5]
  • Under the 2022 Decree-Law text, annual leave is not less than 30 days for each year of service, and sick leave is 30 days for each year of service.[5]
  • Under the 2022 Decree-Law text, monthly salaries are to be paid within a period not exceeding 10 days from the date they fall due.[5]
  • The UAE Personal Data Protection Law, Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021, came into force on 2 January 2022.[6]
  • UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 26 of 2025 defines a child as anyone who has not completed 18 years and bars digital platforms from handling under-13s' personal data without explicit, verifiable caregiver consent and other conditions.[7]
  • The UAE government portal lists 999 for Police, 998 for Ambulance and 997 for Fire Department (Civil Defence).[8]

Sources

  1. Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work: Executive summary
    International Labour Organization, 2018In no country in the world do men and women provide an equal share
  2. The Cognitive Dimension of Household Labor
    American Sociological Review, vol. 84 (Daminger); abstract read via Crossref and OpenAlex (DOI landing page blocked), 2019-07-09cognitive labor entails anticipating needs, identifying options for filling them, making decisions, and monitoring progress
  3. The calendar is crucial: Coordination and awareness through the family calendar
    ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, vol. 16 (Neustaedter, Brush and Greenberg); abstract read via OpenAlex, 2009-04-01We describe findings from studies of 44 different families' calendaring routines
  4. Employing domestic workers
    The Official Platform of the UAE Government (u.ae), page updated 6 October 2026, 2026-10-06The domestic helpers law applies to 19 occupations.
  5. Federal Decree-Law No. 9 of 2022 Concerning Domestic Workers (English translation, original 2022 text)
    Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE), 2022Domestic workers are entitled to rest of at least twelve hours (12) per day
  6. Data protection laws
    The Official Platform of the UAE Government (u.ae), page updated 4 December 2025, 2025-12-04It came into force on 2 January 2022.
  7. Federal Decree by Law No. (26) of 2025 Regarding Child Digital Safety (English text)
    UAE Legislation portal (uaelegislation.gov.ae), 2025-10-01Any human being who has not completed the age of eighteen (18) Gregorian years.
  8. Handling emergencies
    The Official Platform of the UAE Government (u.ae), page updated 1 October 2026, 2026-10-01999 for Police 998 for Ambulance 997 for Fire Department (Civil Defence)

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