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.

Worker, employer and government representatives of the ILO's executive body will review basic labour rights, global economic and social policies, and technical cooperation approaches, particularly in fragile states.

How an ILO supported project helped a local community to improve their farming practices, develop their market access, create jobs and support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.