Advancement of women

ILO speeches and statements

  1. 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

  2. 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 2012
This 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 Agreement
Through 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 poverty
This 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

  1. Report of the Secretary-General to the 68th General Assembly

    Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas

    23 July 2013

  2. Report of the Secretary-General to the 68th General Assembly

    Violence against women migrant workers

    23 July 2013

  3. 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

  1. Resolution of the 67th General Assembly

    Follow-up Beijing Declaration implementation and outcome of 23rd special session of the General Assembly

    06 March 2013

  2. Resolution of the 67th General Assembly

    Trafficking in women and girls

    27 February 2013

  3. Resolution of the 67th General Assembly

    Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women

    27 February 2013