Every person has a right to contribute to their family, community, and society as best they can.
Human dignity and self-determination come, in part, from being able to participate in functions that sustain and enhance life. As our profit-hungry global economy overshadows sustenance based on caring and sharing, more and more aspects of production and service are performed as jobs for pay. Nevertheless, many life-sustaining human activities are still founded on love and sharing. The majority of productive and service-providing work is still done without pay, much of it by women and children in the home. In traditional farming societies, survival still largely depends on growing and gathering food, hauling water and firewood, and other physical activities.