In sub-Saharan Africa, a stable, well-paid job is often an impossible dream, even for educated young people, according to an ILO report.

Dan Rees, Director of the Better Work programme, explains how training, healthcare and childcare to female workers has an impact that stretches beyond the factory floor.

To mark International Women’s Day, the ILO reflects on the progress that has been made and what still needs to be done to achieve gender equality in the workplace. Follow two women, an Indian CEO and a US school teacher, whose experiences shed an interesting light on the common challenges facing women across the globe.

We need to step up the speed of change to better protect domestic workers throughout the world, says ILO expert Malte Luebker six months after the entry into force of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers.