Advancement of women
ILO speeches and statements
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74th Session of the General Assembly - Third Committee
Item 26: Advancement of Women
07 October 2019, UNHQ, New York
Statement by: Mr. Matthieu Cognac, Senior Multilateral Cooperation Specialist, ILO Office for the United Nations
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Statement
Promote full and lasting gender equality and non-discrimination
09 October 2017,
The ILO is firmly committed to working with the UN community on bringing the decent work mandate to the challenge of realising a future where women’s economic empowerment, gender equality and social justice are features of and drivers for a better world.
Focus on: Advancement of women
Latest ILO reports
Global Employment Trends for Women 2012This report examines the conditions of women’s engagement in the labour market, by estimating and analysing five key gaps, or gender differentials, between women and men which disadvantage women: in unemployment, in employment, in labour force participation, in vulnerability, and in sectoral and occupational segregation.
Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and regional statistics and the extent of legal protection
This publication sheds light on the magnitude of domestic work, a sector often “invisible” behind the doors of private households and unprotected by national legislation.
ILO projects
Gender Mainstreaming in the ILO/Norway Partnership AgreementThrough this project GENDER provides support to other ILO departments to help ensure their projects are gender-responsive throughout the project cycle.
Other ILO materials
Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of povertyThis interagency report on the gender dimension of agricultural work was produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Labour Office (ILO) following two years of work begun in 2009.
UN reports
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Report of the Secretary-General to the 68th General Assembly
Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas
23 July 2013
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Report of the Secretary-General to the 68th General Assembly
Violence against women migrant workers
23 July 2013
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Report of the Secretary-General to the 68th General Assembly
Status of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
01 July 2013
UN resolutions
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Resolution of the 67th General Assembly
Follow-up Beijing Declaration implementation and outcome of 23rd special session of the General Assembly
06 March 2013
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Resolution of the 67th General Assembly
Trafficking in women and girls
27 February 2013
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Resolution of the 67th General Assembly
Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women
27 February 2013