3 X Table of contents Introduction15 I. Preliminary remarks 16 II. The instruments 17 Nursing personnel 17 Domestic workers 19 III. Reports received by region 20 IV. Ratifications 20 V. Objectives and structure 21 1. Achieving decent work for all care economy workers 23 I. Overview of the care economy 24 II. Care workers: Who they are and what they do 25 1. The gender dimension of the care economy 25 2. The importance of care economy workers to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 27 The situation of nursing personnel and other healthcare workers 28 1. Community health workers 29 2. Workers engaged in providing personal care and long-term care 31 IV. Domestic workers as care workers 32 V. Improving the working conditions of care economy workers 34 VI. Contribution of the care economy to comprehensive social protection systems 35 III. 2. Nursing personnel: Definitions and scope of application 37 I. Background 38 II. Rationale for the nursing personnel instruments 39 III. Scope of application of the instruments 41 1. Elements of the definition of nursing personnel (a) Persons providing nursing care and nursing services (b) A person who has met the legal, educational and administrative requirements to practice nursing (c) Place of work (d) Employment status 41 43 46 48 49 2. Special rules concerning nursing personnel who provide nursing services on a voluntary basis 49 3. Nurse: Towards a universal definition? 50