Member States, employers’ and workers’ organizations, academic researchers and other interested organizations often seek advice from the ILO on the different approaches taken at the national level to give practical effect to gender equality principles. To meet this need, GENPROM developed e.quality@work: An Information Base on Equal Employment Opportunities for Women and Men. which sets out, as completely as possible, the different policies, practices and institutional arrangements introduced by a range of governments, public and private sector enterprises and trade unions to promote equal opportunities for women and men in employment and occupation. The Information Base also includes relevant hyperlinks not only to other ILO data-bases but also other equal employment opportunity sites. The Information Base is also available free of charge on CD-ROM upon request.

Information found on the equal employment opportunity Information Base includes:

• National affirmative action policies and laws
• Anti-discrimination legislation
• Ratification lists for each country of important ILO and other international instruments relevant to women
• National machinery and plans of action
• Corporate policies and codes of conduct
• Collective agreements
• Trade union policies
• Equal pay provisions
• Family-friendly policies and measures
• Health and safety and other protective provisions
• Policies and laws on education and training
• Provisions relating to atypical work, including home workers, part-time and temporary employment
• Sexual harassment laws and policies.