ACTRAV Agora

Closing the Gender Pay Gap: What Role for Trade Unions?

New research commissioned by the ILO's Bureau for Workers'Activities (ACTRAV) shows that by targeting overall gender discrimination, promoting inclusive wage setting, pursuing specific gender pay equality measures and enhancing women’s representation in decision-making; trade unions can contribute effectively to addressing the gender pay gap.
  • Presenter: Professor Jill Rubery,  University of Manchester
  • Discussants: Rosalia Vasquez-Alvarez (ILO-INWORK) and Monica Tepfer, (Confederacion General del Trabajo, CGT Argentina)
  • Chair: Maria Helena Andre, Director of ILO-ACTRAV