A sectoral approach to gender and equal opportunities issues

SECTOR activities on gender and equal opportunities issues within specific sectors include discussions at most sectoral meetings, specific meetings on the issue, reports and working papers on the topic.

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The ILO's equal@work Information Base allows users to search Company Policies for Equal Employment Opportunities by industry (Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Mining and quarrying, Banking, finance and insurance services, Chemicals and chemical products manufacturing, Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing, Health services, Information and communications technology services and manufacturing, Printing and publishing, Pulp, paper and paper products, Retail and wholesale trade, Textiles, clothing and leather manufacturing).

International labour standards that are important for equal opportunities at the sectoral level, but that are not sector-specific, include the following:

• Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons Convention), 1983 (No. 159)
• Part-time Work Convention, 1994 (No. 175)
• Home Work Convention, 1996 (No. 177)
• Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
• Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
• Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156)