Technical Cooperation
Plan of Action, More and Better Jobs:
Mexico Phase 1 Mexico Phase 2 More and Better Jobs for Women in Mexico
Estonia More and Better Jobs for Women in Estonia
Tanzania Women's Employment and Child Labour
Nicaragua Promoting Decent Employment for Migrant Women and Improved Welfare for their Families
India Women in the Beedi Industry
India Decent Employment for Women
Vietnam More and Better Jobs for Young Women
India Rural Women and Job Security
Bangladesh Women, Employment and Health
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GENPROM has been responsible for the global programme on More and Better Jobs for Women and Men, which is the ILO's specific technical cooperation response to the successful implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women
Through the global programme, GENPROM has assisted a number of countries to develop and implement National Action Plans for More and Better Jobs for Women, with integrated and multi-faceted components for:
- Creating a supportive environment through strengthening
institutional and legal frameworks and building the capacity
of policy-makers, planners and implementors to design,
implement and monitor policies and programmes for more
and better jobs;
- Providing direct assistance - skills training, group organization,
access to resources, support services and facilities, etc. -
to help create employment and income earning opportunities
for selected women workers;
- Systematically collecting and disseminating "lessons learnt"
and good practices, training and awareness-raising materials
developed, etc., so as to improve know-how and show-how
and ensure wider and sustainable impacts.
The distinguishing features of these national action plans have been their:
- Participatory approach. All stakeholders - government agencies, the business community, workers' and employers' organizations, intended women beneficiaries and their families and communities, and NGOs and international agencies working with these groups - were actively involved in determining the priorities and strategies of the plans;
- Rights-based focus. The plans promote gender equality in employment with proper
working conditions as a matter of human rights. Awareness raising, legal literacy
training and employment creation efforts underscore the fundamental principles and
rights at work;
- Poverty eradication emphasis. The plans have been part and parcel of the country's poverty eradication programme, with target groups selected from among the poorest communities;
- Insistence on economic viability and sustainability. The plans have incorporated a proper economic opportunity identification exercise - including assessment of local and export market potentials, production chain linkages and spread effects, availability of raw materials and other technical and financial supports - as the basis for action to create jobs. The exercise has been closely linked to local and regional development initiatives, so as to ensure that the types of employment created for women are sustainable over the longer term;
- Win-win message. The plans have demonstrated in practical ways that more and better jobs for women benefit not only the women themselves but also their families, communities and economies. Particular attention has been given to ensuring that employment and income-earning opportunities for women translate directly into improved family welfare and the reduction of child labour.
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