Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation

2011

1. Promoting pay equity in Jordan

   07 October 2011

   Through ad hoc RBTC and RB funding the ILO has been working in Jordan since 2010 is to build a knowledge base on pay discrimination that enables decision makers to formulate evidence-based policies to promote pay equity. The work is expected to raise awareness of pay equity issues, propose legislation to support pay equity, advocate for addressing pay equity issues through collective bargaining, and put forward recommendations for policies and procedures to ensure that all women workers receive the minimum wage.

2. Promoting gender equality and non-discrimination in Azerbaijan

   07 October 2011

   During 2011, through the ILO’s Regular Budget Supplementary Account the ILO will undertake work in Azerbaijan as a follow up to two in-depth ILO studies on discrimination and gender which were commissioned in 2009-2010. The findings of two studies confirmed the need for continued legislative reform, especially to prevent discrimination based on sex in Azerbaijan. The studies pointed to a need for awareness on the part of workers and employers on relevant legal norms. In order to validate these studies and discuss the findings with constituents, a tripartite workshop will be convened. The workshop will conclude with the adoption of a development strategy on equality, including an action plan for the strengthening of constituent capacity to exercise the principle of non-discrimination at work. Steps will also be taken to ensure an awareness raising campaign on your rights a work is launched by constituents with a special focus on relevant national legislation. The overall objective of the project in Azerbaijan is to establish new or modify laws, policies, action plans and/or programmes to be adopted and brought into line with international standards on non-discrimination, as well as implementing an awareness raising strategy on non-discrimination to be launched by one or more constituents.

3. Promoting equality at work in China

   07 October 2011

   With a view to strengthening follow-up to the comments of the ILO supervisory bodies, US$200,000 has been allocated from the Special Programme Account by the Governing Body for NORMES and DECLARATION to work together in 2011 to strengthen national capacities to apply international labour standards on non-discrimination in employment and occupation and on freedom of association and collective bargaining. Within this framework, $100,000 has been allocated for work in China.

4. Promoting equality in employment for the Dalit Community in India

   07 October 2011

   With a view to strengthening follow-up to the comments of the ILO supervisory bodies, US$200,000 has been allocated from the Special Programme Account by the Governing Body for NORMES and DECLARATION to work together in 2011 to strengthen national capacities to apply international labour standards on non-discrimination in employment and occupation and on freedom of association and collective bargaining. Within this framework, $100,000 has been allocated for work in India.

5. Promoting equal employment opportunities at the workplace in Morocco

   07 October 2011

   Through the Middle East Partnership Initiative, this pilot program was aimed at promoting employment equality at the workplace in Morocco based on a bottom-up approach.

6. Decent Employment for Women - India (DEW)

   07 October 2011

   With the main objective of improving the employability of poor women in the informal sector in India, the ILO implemented the pilot project “Decent Employment for Women in India Project (DEW)” from 2001 to 2005. This project was funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL). The main target group of this project was poor and often illiterate or semi-illiterate women living in slum areas in the metropolitan areas of Delhi and Bangalore.

7. Women's Empowerment through Employment and Health (WEEH)- Bangladesh

   07 October 2011

   From 2001 to 2005, the ILO with financial support of the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) implemented the Project “Women’s Empowerment through Employment and Health (WEEH)”. The project comprised two sub-projects; 1) Women’s Empowerment through Decent Employment (WEDE), and 2) Micro-Health Insurance for Poor Rural Women in Bangladesh (MHIB). The WEDE sub-project included two components: Gender and Employment (G&E), and Private Sector Initiative (PSI). The G&E component promoted skills development and awareness raising, and provided training for micro and small women entrepreneurs. The PSI component promoted decent work in the formal sector, i.e., tea plantation in particular, through training and awareness on gender and women’s rights at work, and supported local dialogue between employers and employees. The MHIB sub-project also included two components: Micro-Health Insurance Schemes (MHIS), and Knowledge Development and Advocacy (KDA). The MHIS component provided affordable and quality primary health care services to targeted poor rural women and their families through micro-health insurance schemes. The KDA component increased support for MHI policy makers and partner organizations, and promoted the application of MHI best practices and lessons learned.

8. Improvement of Labour Relations and the Promotion of Women's Economic Equality in Colombia, 2001-2005

   07 October 2011

   Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), the project “Improvement of Labor Relations and the Promotion of Women's Economic Equality in Colombia” was implemented by the ILO, from November 2001 to September 2005. The project had two components: 1) labor relations and 2) women's economic equality. Labour relations component: The activities undertaken under this component were oriented to the promotion of fundamental principles and rights at work through national and regional fora and training activities. Women's Economic Equality component: Under this component, the project developed a microenterprise/gender training methodology in collaboration with its social partners. The project organized five regional methodology transfer seminars where 133 professionals representing 15 public and private institutions received microenterprise/gender training. Moreover, the Presidential Council on Women's Equity initiated a program using the microenterprise/gender methodology in ten universities, where business and economics students would conduct microenterprise/gender training for women in low-income communities, as part of their curriculum. The major impact of training was the empowerment of female entrepreneurs at the personal as well as the household level. Women's groups learned how to prepare project proposals, including business plans. As a result of this training, some women received funding from the government for the proposals they developed.

9. Convention de Partenariat entre l’Organisation Internationale du Travail (OIT) et la haute autorité de lutte contre les discriminations et pour l’égalité (HALDE) 2008

   07 October 2011

   En 2008, l’OIT et la HALDE ont signé une convention de partenariat dont l’objectif a été de développer, dans la limite des ressources disponibles, des initiatives de recherche, d’études et d’échanges afin d’observer, évaluer et comparer les pratiques des entreprises françaises à l’égard de la non-discrimination et la promotion de l’égalité.

10. Programme d'appui à la mise en oeuvre de la Déclaration de 1998 (PAMODEC)

    07 October 2011

    Financé par le gouvernement français, le Programme d’appui à la mise en œuvre de la Déclaration de 1998 (PAMODEC) a été lancé en 2000, il se trouve maintenant à la fin de sa seconde phase d’exécution qui a commencé en 2006. Une troisième phase pour la période 2011-2013 est envisagée. PAMODEC II couvre 17 pays situés en Afrique Centrale, en Afrique de l’Ouest et à Madagascar : Bénin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, République Centrafricaine, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Conakry, Guinée Equatoriale, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Sénégal, Tchad et Togo. La troisième phase vise en plus de ces 17 pays, 6 pays de l’Union pour la Méditerranée.

2008

1. Combating inequalities and discrimination in the world of work

   14 November 2008

   “Combating Inequalities and Discrimination in the World of Work” was financed by the Government of Norway and implemented from 2006 to 2009. The programme had two main objectives: 1) to promote equal opportunities at the workplace and within trade unions and employers’ organization, with an emphasis on racial/ethnic discrimination, including against migrant workers, and 2) to reduce the earnings gap between men and women and racial/ethnic groups.