All ILO Newsroom content

February 2013

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   Gender gap

   India: Why is women’s labour force participation dropping?

   13 February 2013

   More women in India of working age are enrolling in secondary school but that is only one reason why the number of women who are either working or looking for a job is decreasing.

July 2012

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   News item

   ILO: Greater gender equality in politics is good news for the world of work

   26 July 2012

   ILO’s gender policy specialist welcomes recent achievements on gender equality in politics but says more needs to be done including in the world of work.

July 2011

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   Article

   The ILO and Manual Scavengers in India: Paving the long way towards the elimination of discrimination based on social origin

   18 July 2011

   For millions of people, contemporary India has become a land of opportunities, and the largest democracy in the world has experienced a remarkable economic growth during the last decade. Yet, as India accelerates its pace towards development, many are left behind due to long standing caste-based discrimination in employment. ILO Online reports from Rajasthan, India.

January 2011

1. News item

   UN Agencies to launch new report on gender and work in agricultural and rural areas

   19 January 2011

September 2010

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   Video

   Lebanon's First Woman Electrician

   23 September 2010

   In 2006 war devastated areas of Southern Lebanon. In recent years, the pace of reconstruction has been enhanced by a new program that trains young people at risk for long term unemployment in job skills in the building and construction industries. One of the brightest prospects from the new program is also one of the most unlikely; she’s on track to become southern Lebanon’s first woman electrician.

August 2008

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   Gender equality campaign

   Jobs for Young Women and Men in Kyrgyzstan

   04 August 2008

   When a country has a mismatch between what its labour market needs and the education and skills of its young people - what’s the answer? Kyrgyzstan is working hard to address this imbalance by training young women and men in job skills that are actually in demand in its transformed economy.