Issue briefs

2012

1. Entrepreneurship and SME Management Training

   13 March 2012

   The ILO approach to training for entrepreneurs - Sustainable Enterprises

2. Women’s Entrepreneurship Development

   13 March 2012

   The ILO approach to Women’s Entrepreneurship Development - Sustainable Enterprises

3. Fostering Future Entrepreneurs

   13 March 2012

   The ILO approach to entrepreneurship education - Sustainable Enterprises

4. Brief on partnerships for decent work for youth

   29 February 2012

   Note on partnerships for decent work for youth prepared by the ILO’s Programme on Youth Employment for a joint ILO, ECOSOC, DESA event on more and better jobs for young people worldwide, held on 27 February 2012.

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   Country profile: domestic work legislation in Spain

   24 February 2012

   The Government of Spain recently promulgated Royal Decree 1620/2011 of 14 November, regulating the special relationship that characterizes service within the family household.

2011

1. Ethiopia: Women with disabilities harness the power of entrepreneurship

   23 November 2011

   Despite the role of empowerment in improving the livelihoods of poor people, there is still a huge gap between the theory of empowerment and its practice. To help bridge this gap and provide guidance, this story describes real-life empowerment made possible by the ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme on disability which set out to provide and promote entrepreneurship training for disabled women in Ethiopia, in partnership with local organizations. It is part of a series of stories of empowerment produced by the Development Co-operation Directorate - Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Network on Poverty Reduction of the OECD.

2. Managing Your Agricultural Cooperative, “My.COOP”

   10 November 2011

   My.COOP is a training package published in 2011, covering managerial challenges that many agricultural cooperatives face, and based on the idea that strong cooperatives are necessary for a more equitable distribution of income, democracy, and for economic and social development

3. Fact sheet on Domestic Workers' profile and working conditions in the Philippines

   08 November 2011

   This factsheet presents the profile of domestic workers and their employers in the Philippines, and provides an insight into two important aspects of domestic work, namely wages and working hours.

4. Fact sheet on Equality at work for women and men in Asia and the Pacific

   01 November 2011

   Gender equality at work – or equal employment opportunities and treatment – is fundamental for enabling men and women to claim a fair share of the wealth they help generate, in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity.

5. Fact sheet on Domestic workers in Asia and the Pacific

   01 November 2011

   Work in households and homes is as old as time, vital for the well-being of families, communities and societies at large. Traditionally done by women and girls without pay, domestic work is often not perceived as “real employment”. Some argue that women’s contribution to the home and general social good is immeasurable, and so precious that any effort to add a price tag only demeans their contribution. This genderbiased argument has resulted in the effective, systematic, marginalization and undervaluation of domestic work.