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2012
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ILO Arab States Gender Equality Newsletter: No. 9, January 2012
05 January 2012
2011
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Budget smart - Financial education for migrant workers and their families: Training manual
22 December 2011
Migration for work may provide opportunities for a better life to migrant men, women and their families, but it may also lead to labour exploitation, indebtedness or human trafficking if they are not prepared and lack basic management skills. When migrant workers know how to plan and make financial decisions, they can realize their goals in life.
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Money and migration: Smart guide for migrant workers
21 December 2011
Migration for work may provide opportunities for a better life to migrant men, women and their families, but it may also lead to labour exploitation, indebtedness or human trafficking if they are not prepared and lack basic management skills. When migrant workers know how to plan and make financial decisions, they can realize their goals in life.
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Gender and Employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina - A Country Study
20 December 2011
The first part of the report provides an outline of the current economic situation in country, followed by a review of gender equality and employment figures and the relevant legislation in each field. The impact and application of this legislation is also explored. The second chapter deals with the main reasons for the lower level of employment of women in the country.
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ILO Gender News: No. 18, November 2011
16 November 2011
This 2011 issue of ILO Gender News highlights the crucial role by ILO to reduce gender-based barriers, improve understanding of the concept "equal pay for work of equal value", promote decent work for domestic workers and achieve a more balanced participation between women and men in decision making.
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Guide to mainstreaming gender in workplace responses to HIV and AIDS
01 October 2011
This tool is intended to provide guidance on mainstreaming gender in world of work-related initiatives addressing HIV. It is designed for a wide range of stakeholders, especially ILO constituents – governments, and employers' and workers' organizations – as well as ILO staff and partners.
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Gender balance in the International Labour Conference
12 September 2011
This booklet provide statistics on the representation of women and men in sessions of the Conference from 2005 to 2011.
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Gender-based violence in the world of work: Overview and selected annotated bibliography
24 May 2011
This tool aims to contribute to policy development at national level, especially with entry points for responses and prevention of gender-based violence in the world of work.
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Guidelines on sexual harassment prevention at the workplace
30 April 2011
Issued by the Circular Note of the Minister of Manpower and Transmigration No. SE.03/MEN/IV/2011
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ILO Participatory Gender Audit: Relevance and use for the United Nations and its agencies
15 February 2011
This publication shows how the participatory gender audit - a unique tool for evaluating and monitoring the achievement of gender equality - can support and strengthen efforts of joint UN programming on gender equality at country level, particularly in the framework of the UN “Delivering as One” process and of mainstreaming gender into the programmes, funds and agencies’ individual and collective work.
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Gender Equality and Social Dialogue in South Africa
01 February 2011
This paper is a part of a comparative research project whose objective is to demonstrate that gender equality and social dialogue are mutually beneficial and their promotion should go hand-in-hand. This study provides valuable information on legal and institutional frameworks for promotion of social dialogue and gender equality in South Africa.
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Gender Equality and Social Dialogue in India
18 January 2011
This paper is a part of a comparative research project whose objective is to demonstrate that gender equality and social dialogue are mutually beneficial and their promotion should go hand-in-hand. This study provides valuable information on India’s progress to improve its equal employment opportunities for women and men through its legislation, policies and social dialogue.
2010
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Policy Brief 9 - Pay Equity in Jordan
17 December 2010
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ILO Gender News: No. 17, December 2010
16 December 2010
The articles in this issue demonstrate ways ILO supported constituents’ efforts to better understand gender equality issues, break stereotypes and strengthen their knowledge and capacity to mainstream gender. Also provided are examples of joint work between ILO and UN agencies and intergovernmental institutions to integrate gender equality into policies.
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Frequently asked questions: sexual harassment at the workplace
23 November 2010
This factsheet highlights frequently asked questions regarding the sexual harassment at the workplace.
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Developing women’s entrepreneurship in the Papua Highlands - special edition, November 2010
02 November 2010
Under the poverty reduction component, the ILO specifically managed the ESD programme. The project was aimed at facilitating activities to develop entrepreneurship skills among communities in these regions, primarily among indigenous Papuan women, in three regencies of Jayawijaya, Lani Jaya and Yahukimo.
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Gender mainstreaming strategies in decent work promotion: programming tools; GEMS toolkit
23 August 2010
Equality empowers women and men. It is the right and the smart thing to do. The GEMS Toolkit provides 12 practical programming tools to facilitate the implementation of Gender Mainstreaming Strategies (GEMS) in organizations, policies, programmes and projects.
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Gender balance in the International Labour Conference
10 August 2010
This booklet provide statistics on the representation of women and men in sessions of the Conference from 2004 to 2010.
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Moving towards decent work for domestic workers: An overview of the ILO's work
20 July 2010
This paper focuses on the situation of female domestic workers employed for cleaning, cooking and care-giving.
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Policy Brief 6 - Yemeni Women in COOP (in Arabic)
02 July 2010