06 March 2009
Successful social dialogue among government, trade unions, employers, is key when it comes to improving gender equality and changing perceptions about women workers. This can be quite a challenge where gender discrimination runs deep. But things can change, even in very traditional societies, like Yemen.
08 October 2008
No matter how old, how experienced, how well educated or what the job, women are still paid less than men, all over the world. And traditional “women’s work” has always been chronically undervalued. But what if there was a tool that evaluates jobs based on the requirements of the job and not whether women or men perform them? It exists, and it’s being used in an unlikely place: behind the scenes of Portugal’s busiest restaurants.