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We take another step towards globalizing social progress when we champion gender equality as a matter of rights and social justice, as well as efficiency and good business sense"

Juan Somavía, ILO Director-General

While all staff in the ILO are responsible for promoting gender equality in their work, the Bureau for Gender Equality supports and advises constituents and Office staff at headquarters and in the field on matters concerned with promoting and advocating for gender equality in the world of work. It also manages an extensive knowledge base on gender issues, conducts ILO Participatory Gender Audits, and has a Gender Helpdesk which responds to queries to help to strengthen the capacity of staff and constituents to address questions of equality in their work.

The Bureau for Gender Equality coordinates the global ILO Gender Network, which brings together gender specialists and gender focal points at headquarters and in the field offices.

Highlights

  1. Lunch time talk on "UN System-wide Action Plan for furthering the goal of gender equality"

    3 February 2012, 12:30 to 13:30, ILO Library (R2 - South)

    Dr Jantine Jacobi (UNAIDS), Ms Sylvia Lopez-Ekra (IOM) and Ms Isha L. Dyfan (OHCHR) will share their experiences in piloting in their respective institutions the draft System-wide Action Plan for implementation of the United Nations system-wide policy on gender equality and the empowerment of women. Ms Jane Hodges, GENDER Director, will introduce the subject and facilitate the discussion.

  2. ILO Arab States Gender Equality Newsletter: No. 9, January 2012
    4 January 2012

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Progress on implementing the 2009 International Labour Conference resolution concerning gender equality at the heart of decent work
    06 September 2011

    This paper summarizes ILO progress and challenges in implementing the 2009 ILC Conclusions concerning gender equality at the heart of decent work.

  7. Gender balance in the International Labour Conference
    01 November 2007 to 16 November 2007 - Geneva, Switzerland

    This booklet provide statistics on the representation of women and men in sessions of the Conference from 2005 to 2011.

  8. ILO Participatory Gender Audits
    04 September 2007

    ILO uses participatory gender audits to promote individual and organizational learning on ways to mainstream gender in order to help achieve equality between women and men.

    1. A manual for gender audit facilitators. The ILO participatory gender audit methodology
    2. ILO Participatory Gender Audit: Relevance and use for the United Nations and its agencies

  9. ILO Gender Equality Action Plan 2010-15
    01 November 2007 to 16 November 2007 - Geneva, Switzerland

    Following guidance from the Governing Body in March 2010, the ILO Action Plan for 2010-15: Phase I Aligned with Programme and Budget 2010-11 reproduces the gender-related strategies and indicators of outcomes in the P&B 2010-11 and links them to the corresponding conclusions contained in the ILC Resolution on Gender Equality.

  10. Report and Conclusions of ILC June 2009 Committee on Gender Equality

  11. Report VI - Gender equality at the heart of decent work
    24 April 2009

  12. Recovering from the crisis: A Global Jobs Pact

  13. ILO Gender  Network Handbook

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