Resources on Gender equality

  1. Article

    Equality for all = Success for all

    07 March 2017

    International Womens Day 2017 marks the launch of our new gender equality campaign in the workplace “Equality for all = Success for all”.

  2. Publication

    Educated Empowered Inspired - Transforming lives through the response to HIV and AIDS in East and Southern Africa

    16 March 2016

    Poverty, gender inequality and social exclusion continue to pose major challenges to HIV prevention efforts. Between 2011 and 2016, the ILO, in partnership with Sida, implemented an innovative economic empowerment programme amongst hard-to -reach populations in transport corridors and vulnerable communities in Southern and East Africa, with the aim of reducing their vulnerability to the HIV epidemic. This publication presents the outcomes of this innovative approach and the effects it had on its beneficiaries.

  3. Publication

    Cash transfer programmes, poverty reduction and empowerment of women in South Africa

    23 November 2015

    GED Working Paper No. 4/2015 Social protection plays a key role for gender equality and women’s empowerment and social protection floors, in particular, can play a key role in closing coverage gaps for women. Aiming at preventing or alleviating poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion, social protection floors play a key role in economic and social development.

  4. Publication

    Effective responses to HIV and AIDS at work: A multi-country study in Africa

    24 April 2015

    This ILO study presents a comprehensive assessment of the characteristics that make HIV and AIDS workplace initiatives effective.

  5. Discrimination: PRIDE Project

    Gender identity and sexual orientation: Promoting rights, diversity and equality in the world of work (PRIDE) Project

    01 January 2015

  6. Publication

    Independent Evaluation of Outcome 17: Gender Mainstreaming with the support of Sweden and Norway Partnership Agreements (Final Evaluation Summary)

    10 July 2014

    Projects: GLO/11/58/SID; GLO/12/50/NOR; GLO/12/53/NOR Evaluation Consultant:Dr. Jane Hailé

  7. Publication

    Cash transfer programmes, poverty reduction and empowerment of women: A comparative analysis

    23 December 2013

    This comparative analysis aims to help the ILO generate new thinking on ways to improve the impact of cash transfer programmes on women's poverty alleviation and economic empowerment. Key findings relate to selected cash transfer programmes from five countries: Brazil, Chile, India, Mexico and South Africa.

  8. Publication

    South Africa SME Observatory: The state of youth entrepreneurship in the Free State

    21 May 2013

    A baseline study of entrepreneurial intentions and activity amongst young men and women

  9. Gender equality

    African judges’ labour of law

    26 October 2012

    The ILO helps 25 African judges fight sex discrimination in the courts but cultural challenges remain the biggest obstacle for some.

  10. Event

    Tapping into Women Entrepreneurs

    7-8 August 2012, Gauteng, South Africa. Workshop on the market potential of financing women entrepreneurs