News

December 2012

1. 

   Global Wage Report 2012/13

   Gender pay gap drops, but not for the right reasons

   19 December 2012

   An ILO report says women’s pay has become closer to that of men in most countries but warns that in some cases this may just mean that men are worse off now than before the crisis.

2. 

   Global Employment Trends for Women 2012

   Labour market gender gap: Two steps forward, one step back

   11 December 2012

   The gender gap in global labour markets showed some convergence in the earlier part of the last decade but increased after the crisis erupted in 2007, according to an ILO report produced in collaboration with UN Women. The picture varies considerably among regions.

October 2012

1. 

   International Day of the Girl Child

   ILO says discrimination against young girls must end

   10 October 2012

   The world must make sure that girl children find their rightful places at home, school and, as they grow up, at work - on equal terms with boys.

July 2012

1. 

   News item

   Women in EU public sector face higher risk of losing jobs

   30 July 2012

   The public sector in the EU offers many highly qualified jobs and is a major source of employment for women. But increasingly, those positions are being lost to austerity policies.

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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.

June 2011

1. 

   Press release

   UN Women and ILO join forces to promote women’s empowerment in the workplace

   13 June 2011

   The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) signed a wide-ranging Memorandum of Understanding with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Monday 13 June, on key issues including promoting gender equality, eliminating sex discrimination, protecting domestic workers, promoting social protection floors and combating gender-based violence at work.

January 2011

1. News item

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

   19 January 2011