The obligation to ensure equal access without discrimination applies to all family-related policies, including care policies, parental leave, unemployment benefits, health insurance benefits and housing policies. Thus, a social benefit that directly or indirectly discriminates against single-parent families (most of the time, women-headed households) or families of same-sex parents would be against human rights law. Si m i la rly, it wou I dbeagainstthese evo I vi ng sta nda rd s if any pension, social insurance or funeral benefits provided in the case of loss of support for spouses or partners as the result of illness or death is denied to some families solely on the basis of the sexual orientation or sexual identity of a family member.