Resources on Gender equality

  1. COOP Champions

    Özge Berber-Agtaş, ILO Office for Turkey in Ankara

    06 July 2017

    COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future aspirations.

  2. Blog

    What have we learned about helping women with conditional cash transfers?

    30 June 2017

    Between 2001 and 2002, Argentina suffered one of the worst economic crises in its history. Unemployment rose, the share of people living below the poverty line increased and political instability and social unrest ensued.

  3. News

    ILO COOP eNewsUpdate No. 5, June 2017

    29 June 2017

    This latest issue of the ILO COOP Newsletter highlights a number of recent events and developments on cooperatives.

  4. World of Work Summit: A better future for women at work

    ILO World of Work Summit calls for a better future for women and men

    15 June 2017

    Unique Summit brings together three women Presidents and other key actors to promote women at work.

  5. World of Work Summit: A better future for women at work

    President Gurib-Fakim of Mauritius advocates better future for women at work

    15 June 2017

    President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the first woman President of Mauritius, urged African Member States to eliminate gender inequality and empower women to boost the continent’s development potential through innovative policies that facilitate women’s integration in the workforce.

  6. World of Work Summit: A better future for women at work

    President of Nepal: Women’s empowerment underpins equal, just and peaceful societies

    15 June 2017

    Societies cannot prosper under conditions of gender discrimination and inequality, said Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari at the World of Work Summit of the ILO’s 106th International Labour Conference.

  7. World of Work Summit: A better future for women at work

    Malta’s President calls on the global community to take urgent action on gender equality

    15 June 2017

    “The global economy will continue to suffer greatly, if women continue to be excluded,” said the President of Malta, H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, at the ILO’s World of Work Summit.

  8. Press release

    Women at Work: The Course for Sri Lanka

    15 June 2017

    Gender gaps in the labour market remain one of the most pressing challenges facing the world of work. Women are substantially less likely than men to participate in the labour market, and once in the job market, they are less likely than men to find a job and the quality of employment they do find remains a key concern.

  9. World of Work Summit: A better future for women at work

    Justin Trudeau: We all benefit when women participate fully in our economy

    15 June 2017

    Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, addresses delegates of the ILO's 106th International Labour Conference as they gather for a high-level World of Work Summit on women in work.

  10. "A better future for women at work"

    The future of gender equality at work

    15 June 2017

    The gap between women’s aspirations and the realities of the labour market mean there is still much to do to achieve a better future for women at work.