Tools and Services on Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination
2015
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Social Protection Policy Paper. Paper 15
Social protection for maternity: Key policy trends and statistics
15 July 2015
This policy paper: (i) provides a global overview of the organization of maternity cash benefits and maternity care in 188 countries; (ii) analyses trends and recent policies, e.g. extension of maternity protection coverage in a large number of low- and middle-income countries; (iii) describes the negative impacts of fiscal consolidation and adjustment measures in a number of higher-income economies; (iv) presents the costs of a universal benefit to all pregnant women in 57 low and middle income countries; and (v) calls for the expansion of maternity protection to accelerate progress on women’s rights and enhancing the well-being of new mothers, promoting inclusive development and social justice.
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2015 World Report on Child Labour
World Report on Child Labour 2015: Paving the way to decent work for young people
10 June 2015
The second volume of the ILO World Report on Child Labour series highlights the close linkages between child labour and good youth employment outcomes, and the consequent need for common policy approaches to addressing challenges arising in countries where both child labour and youth unemployment prevail.
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Publication
Employment protection legislation: Summary indicators in the area of terminating regular contracts (individual dismissals)
27 March 2015
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Publication
Handbook on HIV and AIDS for labour inspectors
12 February 2015
GED/ILOAIDS develops a new Handbook, in collaboration with LABADMIN/OSH, to strengthen labour inspectors’ capacity to address HIV and AIDS —including discrimination, gender equality and occupational safety and health issues— in their day-to-day work.
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Publication
Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality: Building just societies in the 21st century
14 January 2015
“Good governance, social stabilization and economic justice are not luxuries that weigh down and impede the process of development. They are the essence of development itself. This book provides the documentation required to carry the point.” From the Foreword by James K. Galbraith
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Global report
Women in Business and Management: Gaining momentum
12 January 2015
This report brings together available data and ILO statistics to provide a comprehensive, up to-date and global picture of women in the business world and in management positions.
2014
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Publication
Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Development interventions on Women Entrepreneurs
16 December 2014
The present issue brief provides a synthesis of impact findings and identifies interventions which seem to have worked more effectively.
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Publication
The Governance of Policy Reforms in Southern Europe and Ireland: Social dialogue actors and institutions in times of crisis
01 December 2014
This edited volume provides an overview of the changes that have occurred in industrial relations systems in southern Europe and Ireland as a result of the debt crisis and subsequent fiscal consolidation policies. The authors take stock of developments and consider policy implications. They identify the new challenges in today's crisis context and rapidly changing economic environment, offering a range of strategies and actions aimed at reinforcing social dialogue and industrial relations institutions in ways compatible with international labour standards and the ILO Decent Work Agenda.
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Publication
Rules of the Game: a brief introduction to International Labour Standards (Revised edition 2014)
06 November 2014
Aimed at a non-specialist audience, this revised publication provides an introduction to international labour standards and discusses their importance in today’s global economy, the subjects they cover, how they are applied and supervised, and where further information can be sought.
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Meeting document
Resolution concerning the second recurrent discussion on employment
16 July 2014