Woman, training and work

Gender! A Partnership of Equals
Geneve: International Labour Office, 2000. 115 p.

Further Readings & Internet Links

Approaching gender issues

ILO. Gender issues in the World of Work: Gender Training Package. Geneva: ILO, 1995. Only in English.ILO. Guidelines for the Integration of Gender Issues into the Design, Monitoring and Evaluation of ILO Programmes and Projects. Bureau of Programming and Management (PROG/EVAL). Geneva: ILO, 1995. Also in French and Spanish.

Gender issues in....

Child Labour

Angeles-Bautista, F. de los, P. Boonpala, C. Bose, and N. Haspels. Action Against Child Labour: Strategies in Education. ILO-IPEC publication. Geneva: ILO, 1999.

Bruce, J., M. E. Greene and B. S. Mensch. The Unchartered Passage : Girls' Adolescence in the Developing World. New York: The Population Council, Inc., 1998.

ILO. Child Labour: Targeting the Intolerable, Publication available in English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, and Italian. Geneva: ILO, 1996.

ILO. Abolishing Extreme Forms of Child Labour. Publication available in English, French and Spanish. Geneva: ILO, 1998.

Friedman, S. A. Clearing a Path for Girls: NGOs Report from the Field on Progress since the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China. 1998. New York: NGO Working Groups on Girls, UNICEF House, 1998.

Collective bargaining

Bercusson B. and L. Dickens. Equal opportunities and collective bargaining in Europe; Vol. 1. Defining the issues. Loughlinstown, Dublin: European Foundation For The Improvement Of Living And Working Conditions, 1996.Olney, S., E. Goodson, K. Maloba-Caines, F. O'Neill. Gender Equality: A Guide to Collective Bargaining. Labour Law and Labour Relations Branch and Bureau for Workers' Activities. Geneva: ILO, 1998.

Cooperatives

ACOPAM. Genre et organisation paysanne, Manuel du formateur. Geneva: ILO, 1998.

Davis, Dr. P. COOPNET: Managing the Cooperative Difference. Geneva: ILO, 1999.

ILO. Gender Issues in Cooperatives: An ILO ICA Perspective, Gender sensitization package for cooperative leaders. Geneva: ILO, 1995. 

ILO. Rapport final du projet: participation des entreprises à caractère coopératif à la sécurité alimentaire villageoise et au développement local dans le département de Zinder (OIT/NER7937M017NET). Geneva: ILO, 1999.

ICA Internet Website: http://www.coop.org

Education and Training

Gaynor, Catherine. The supply, condition and professional development of women teachers. IIEP (International Institute for Educational Planning) Research and Studies Programme. Paris: UNESCO, 1997.

Africa -- English-speaking

Gaynor, C. The Status of Women Teachers in Southern Africa. Geneva: ILO, 1991.

Lynch, K. The Problems of Women Teachers in Technical and Vocational Education in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia: An Exploratory Report. Geneva: ILO, 1990.

Africa -- French-speaking

BIT. Les femmes dans les filières techniques et professionnelles: Situation des enseignants dans quatre pays ouest-africains (Bénin, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali et Sénégal): Rapport de synthèse des travaux de recherche et des ateliers nationaux. Genève: BIT, 1996.

UNESCO/OIT. Colloque conjoint UNESCO/OIT sur les programmes d'ajustement structurel et la condition du personnel enseignant. Dakar, Sénégal, 23-26 juin 1997.

Americas

Sibille, M. La situación de las mujeres docentes en centroamérica: Hacia la igualdad de oportunidades y de trato. Ginebra: OIT, 1994.

Asia and the Pacific

McPherson, C. Women in scientific research in Australia: A case study. Geneva: ILO, 1996.

ILO/UNESCO. Joint ILO/UNESCO Pacific Regional Seminar on the Status of Teachers, Final Report, Nadi, Fiji, 28-30 September 1998. 

Arab States

Regional Seminar on the Status of Teachers in the Arab States, Final Report, Amman, Jordan, 5-8 October 1997 (Arabic, with summary of the report in English and French).

Employers' Activities

ILO. "From employer to employer -- what's all this about equality?". Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP). Geneva: ILO, 1997. Available through ACT/EMP in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic. Copies in Bengali also available through the Bangladesh Employers' Federation, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Export-Processing Zones

Asia Monitor Resource Center. We in the zone : women workers in Asia's export processing zones. Hong Kong: Asia Monitor Resource Center,1998.

ILO. Labour and social issues relating to export processing zones : report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting of Export Processing Zones-Operating Countries. Geneva: ILO, 1998. Also available in French, Spanish, and Chinese.

OIT/ACTRAV. La Situación Sociolaboral en las Zonas Francas y Empresas Maquiladoras del Istmo Centroamericano y República Dominicana. Proyecto RLA/94/M09/NOR. San Jose: OIT, 1996.

Tesselaar, A. and M. Oostveen; B. Posthumus, ed.Organizing change: strategies for trade unions to organize women workers in economic sectors with precarious labour conditions. Commissioned by FNV Afdeling Mondiaal and CNV Vakcentrale. Amsterdam: Stichting FNV Pers,1997.

Gender Impacts of Armed Conflict

Baden, S. Post-conflict Mozambique: Women' special situation, population issues and gender perspectives to be integrated into skills training and employment promotion. Geneva: ILO, 1997.

Date-Bah, E. Sustainable peace after war: Arguing the need for major integration of gender perspectives in post-conflict programming. Geneva: ILO, May 1996.

ILO. Gender guidelines for employment and skills training in conflict-affected countries. Geneva: ILO, 1998. Also available in French and Spanish.

Loughna, S., Vincente, G. Population issues and the situation of women in post-conflict Guatemala. Geneva: ILO, 1997.

Nauphal, N. Post-war Lebanon: Women and other war-affected groups. Geneva: ILO, 1997.

Walsh, M.Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina: Integrating women's special situation and gender perspectives in skills training and employment promotion programmes. Geneva: ILO, 1997.

Globalization

Alternatives sud. "Rapport de genre et mondialisation des marchés [thème spécial]". Alternatives sud : cahiers trimestriels. Vol. 5, No. 4, 1998. p. 5-175.

David, N. Worlds apart: Women and the global economy. Brussels: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 1996.

Dunn, L. L.; and Dunn, Hopeton, S. Employment, working conditions and labour relations in offshore data service enterprises: Case studies of Barbados and Jamaica, Multinational Enterprises Programme, Working Paper No. 86. Geneva: ILO, 1999.

http://www.europa.eu.int

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Behind the wire: Anti-union repression in the export processing zones. Prepared for the ICFTU by J.-P. Marthoz with the assistance of M. Szymanski. Brussels: ICFTU, 1996.

ILO. Labour and social issues relating to export processing zones : report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting of Export Processing Zones-Operating Countries, Geneva, 1998. International Labour Organization. Geneva: ILO, 1998b. Also available in French, Spanish and Chinese.

ILO. Studies on the social dimensions of globalization: Switzerland. Task Force on Country Studies on Globalization. Geneva: ILO, 1998.

ILO. Progress report on the country studies on the social impact of globalization. GB.274/WP/SDL/2. Geneva: ILO,1999.

United Nations. 1999 World Survey on the Role of women in Development: Globalization, Gender & Work. New York: United Nations, 1999.

United Nations. Trade, Sustainable Development & Gender. New York: United Nations, 1999.

Health Services

ILO. Equality of opportunity and treatment between men and women in health and medical services. Report to the Standing Committee for Health and Medical Services, and Note on the proceedings of that meeting. Geneva: ILO, 1992. Also in French, Spanish, and Japanese.

Vinay, P. Gender,Power and Change in the Health Institutions of the European Union. Directorate-General for Employment Industrial Relations and Social Affairs. Luxembourg: European Commission, 1997.

Homeworkers in the global economy

ILO. Proceedings of the Sixth ILO-DANIDA Subregional Meeting on Statistics and Social Protection of Home workers, 26-29 November 1996, Bangkok, Thailand. Geneva,1997.

Home-based workers in Tasikmalaya (Indonesia), survey report.1997.

Institutionalizing the enumeration of home workers in the national statistical collection system of the Philippines, survey report. 1997.

Tomei, M. El trabajo a domicilio en países seleccionados de América Latina: una visión comparativa. Cuestiones de desarrollo, documento de discusión núm. 29. Ginebra: OIT, 1999.

Discussion papers in Spanish are available on homework in Paraguay, Argentina, Peru, and Chile.

Human Resources

Nichols, N. A. (Editor), R. Moss Kanter. Reach for the Top : Women and the Changing Facts of Work Life. Cambridge: Harvard Business School Press, 1996.

DeLaat, J. Gender in the Workplace: A Case Study Approach. London: Sage Publications, 1999.

Rosener, J. B. America's Competitive Secret: Women Managers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Indigenous and tribal cultures

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. Indigenous Women: The Right to a Voice. Copenhagen: IWGIA, 1998.

ILO. Building on culture to face changing realities.The Jalq'as and Tarabucos story. Geneva: ILO, 1994.

ILO. Empowering of Tribal Women in Andhra Pradesh. ILO Project for the Rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. Soon to be published (1999).

Van Achterberg, A. ed.Out of the shadows: The First African Indigenous Women's Conference. Amsterdam: Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples, 1998.

Informal sector

Aryee, G. A. Promoting Productivity and Social Protection in the Urban Informal Sector, an Integrated Approach. Report on Pilot Projects in Bogota, Dar es Salaam and Manila - summary of activities, lessons and recommendations. Geneva: ILO, 1996.

Asian Productivity Organization. Role of women in informal sector development. Tokyo: Asian Productivity Organization,1997.

Bangasser, P. Incorporating the Informal Sector into the Macro-economic Information Base: some definitions and concepts. Interdepartmental Project on the Urban Informal Sector, IDP INF./WP-6; Geneva: ILO, 1995.

ILO. A Thematic Evaluation of the Urban Informal Sector: ILO Actions and Perspectives; by Evaluation Unit (PROG/EVAL) (Geneva, ILO, in finalisation)

ILO. Key Indicators of the Labour Market - 1999 KILM #7: "urban informal sector employment". ILO: Geneva, 1999.

Mukhopadhyay, S. "Locating women within informal sector hierarchies." Gender and employment in India. Indian journal of labour economics. Vol. 40, no. 3 .July-Sept. 1997. p. 483-492.

Maternity Protection

ILO. Conditions of work digest: Part-Time Work. Vol. 8, Nos 1 and 2. Geneva: ILO, 1989.

ILO. Conditions of work digest: Maternity and work. Vol. 13. Geneva: ILO, 1994.

ILO. Maternity protection at work, Revision of the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103), and Recommendation, 1952 (No. 95). Report V (1). Geneva: ILO, 1997.

ILO. Maternity protection at work, Revision of the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103), and Recommendation, 1952 (No. 95). Report V (2). Geneva: ILO, 1999.

Microfinance

For a complete list of publications from the Social Finance Unit, go to:

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/comp/poverty/business/micr-fin.htm

ILO. Gender poverty and employment: Turning capabilities into entitlements. Geneva: ILO, 1995.

ILO. Action to assist rural women: Gender analysis study. Geneva: ILO, 1996.

ILO. Collateral, collateral law and collateral substitutes, a paper for the Donors' Working Group on Financial Sector Development, Social Finance Unit. Geneva: ILO, 1996b.

Pitt, M.M. and S.R. Khandker. Household and intrahousehold impacts of the Grameen Bank and similar targeted credit programs in Bangladesh. Washington: World Bank, 1994.

Sebstad, J. and G. Chen. Overview of studies on the impact of microenterprise credit, AIMS. Washington: USAID, 1996.

Migrant Women

Billsborrow, R.E. et al. International migration statistics: guidelines for improving data collection systems. ILO: Geneva, 1998.

ILO. Migrant workers : general survey on the reports on the Migration for Employment Convention (Revised) (No. 97), and Recommendation (Revised) (No. 86), 1949, and the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention (No. 143), and Recommendations (No. 151), 1975. Report III (Part 1B). Geneva : International Labour Office 87th session, 1999. Also in French and Spanish.

Lim, L.L. (Ed). The sex sector: the economic and social bases of prostitution in Southeast Asia. Geneva: ILO, 1998.

Stalker, P. The work of strangers: a survey of international labour migration. Geneva: ILO, 1994.

United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW). The migration of women: methodological issues in the measurement and analysis of internal and international migration. Santo Domingo: UN, 1994.

United Nations. International migration policies and the status of female migrants: proceedings of the United Nations Expert Group Meeting on International Migration Policies and the Status of Female Migrants. San Miniato, Italy, 1990.

Occupational Safety and Health

ILO. ILO projects and programmes concerning occupational safety and health : an evaluation. Governing Body, 274th Session, Geneva, March 1999. Committee on Technical Cooperation. GB.274/TC/4; 

Kapur, Aanchal. "Occupational health and safety for women : some critical issues." [Special topic] Women at work. Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety. Helsinki :ILO/FINNIDA. Vol. 6, no. 2. Aug. 1999. p. 36-38.

Part-time work

ILO. Part-time work. Report IV (1), International Labour Conference, 81^st Session (1994). Geneva, 1993. 

ILO. Perspectives: Part-time work: Solution or Trap. Prepared by Patrick Bollé, International Labour Review. Geneva, Vol. 136, Nº4 (Winter 1997), pp. 557-579.

OECD. The definition of part-time work for the purpose of international comparisons, OECD working papers, labour market and social policy occasional papers, No. 22. Paris, 1997.

O'Reilly J. and Fagan C. (eds.). Part-time prospects: an international comparison of part-time work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim. London and New York: Routledge,1998.

Poverty

Buvinic, M. Promoting employment among the urban poor in Latin America and the Caribbean: a gender analysis. Geneva: ILO, 1996.

Graham, C. Gender issues in poverty alleviation: Recent experiences with demand-based programs in Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe. Geneva: ILO, 1996.

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/exrel/papers/2000/globalec.htm

Jackson, C. "Rescuing gender from the poverty trap", World Development, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 489-504, 1996

Joekes, S. "Contribution by UNCTAD to the World Survey on the Role of Women in development. Draft Chapter III: Major world trends, globalization of trade and Finance". Submitted to the Pre-UNCTAD Expert Workshop on Trade, Sustainable Development and Gender, Geneva, 12-13 July 1999.

King-Dejardin, A.: Public works programmes, a strategy for poverty alleviation: The gender dimension. Geneva: ILO, 1996.

ILO. An overview with a particular focus on employment and gender dimensions. Paper submitted for discussion to the Technical Brainstorming Workshop, ILO, Geneva, 29 September - 1 October 1997. Geneva: ILO, 1997.

UNDP. Human development report 1999. New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1999. Also in French.

Productivity

Decker, P. J., "Sexual harassment in health care: A major productivity problem", The Health Care Supervisor, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1997, pp.1-14.

Dobbs, M. F., "Managing diversity: Lessons from the private sector", Public Personnel Management, Vol. 35, No. 3, !996, pp. 351-367.

Holzer, H. and D. Neumark, "What does Affirmative Action do?", NBER Working Paper No. W6605, 1998.

Human Resource Management Journal, "Equal opportunities in retrospect and prospect", Vol. 99, No. 1, 1999.

Public Productivity and Management Review, "Productivity and Affirmative Action", Vol. 20, No. 3, March 1997.

Public Services

Mani, B. G. Gender and the Federal Senior Executive Service: Where is the Glass Ceiling? Public Personnel Management, Volume 26, No.4, Winter 1997 p.545 - 558.

Turner, T., P. O'Connor.  Women in the Zambian civil service: a case of equal opportunity? LIC Administration and Development, Vol 14, 79-92 (1994), p. 79-91.

Coetz, A.M. Gender and Public Administration. Brighton: IDS Sussex, 1992.

Sex Segregation

Anker, R. Gender and Jobs: Sex segregation of occupations in the world. Geneva: ILO, 1998.

Sexual Harassment

Reinhart, A. Sexual harassment: Adressing sexual harassment in the workplace - A management information booklet. An ILO survey of company practice. Geneva: ILO, 1999.

Webb, S. Sexual harassment: investigator's manual. Seattle, WA.: Pacific Resource Development Group, 1999.

Small Enterprise Development

Dignard L. and Havet J. Women in Micro and Small-Scale Enterprise Development Boulder, Co., Westview Press, 1995.

ILO. General conditions to stimulate job creation in small and medium-sized enterprises, Report V, International Labour Conference, 85th Session, 1997. Also in French and in Spanish.

ILO. Gender Issues in Micro-enterprise Development. Geneva, ILO: 1998.

Mayoux L. From vicious to virtuous circles: gender and micro-enterprise development, Occasional paper for Beijing, No.3. Geneva, UNRISD: 1995.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Women entrepreneurs in small and medium enterprises. Paris :OECD,1998.

Social FundsSocial Funds Revisited: An Overview with a particular focus on Employment and Gender Dimensions. Geneva, ILO: 1997.

Bigio, A. G. Social Funds and Reaching the Poor: Experiences and Future Directions. Proceedings from an International Workshop organized by the World Bank. Washington D.C., 1997.

ILO. Report on the Technical Brainstorming Workshop: Social Funds, Employment and Gender Dimensions. Geneva: ILO, 1998.

ILO case studies are available on social funds in Bolivia, Egypt, Honduras, Madagascar, Mexico, Peru and Zambia. Summaries of the above ILO Workshop Report, Overview and Case Studies can be obtained from:http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/poldev/papers/1998/socfunds.htm

Social Protection

European Commission. A concerted strategy for modernising social protection. Luxembourg : European Commission, 1999. Website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg05/soc-prot/social/index_en.htm

ILO. Economic and financial crises : ILO policy and activities : unemployment, social protection and crises: trends and issues -- International Labour Organization, Governing Body, 276th Session, Geneva, November 1999 ; Committee on Employment and Social Policy. Geneva : ILO, 1999. Also in French and in Spanish.

Ginneken, W. van, ed. Social security for the excluded majority: case-studies of developing countries. Geneva : ILO, 1999.

Lund, F. and S. Srinivas. Learning from experience: a gendered approach to social protection for workers in the informal economy. Workshop on Social Protection for Women in the Informal Sector, organized by WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing) and STEP (Strategies and Tools against Social Exclusion and Poverty, an ILO Global Programme). ILO, Geneva, 6-8 December 1999. STEP Background Paper. Geneva: ILO, 1999.

Standing, Guy. Global labour flexibility : seeking distributive justice. Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1999.

Statistics

Hedman, B., F. Perucci, and P. Sundström. Engendering Statistics, Statistics Sweden, 1996

Mata Greenwood, A. Incorporating gender issues in labour statistics. STAT working paper. Geneva: ILO, 1999. 

United Nations. Handbook for producing national statistical reports on women and men. Department for Economic and Social Information, Statistics Division. New York:United Nations, 1997. Also in French and Spanish. 

Trade Unions

Hosmer Martens M. and Dr. S. Mitter, editors. Women in trade unions, organizing the unorganized. Geneva: ILO, 1994.

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/

ILO-ICFTU. The role of in Promoting Gender Equality and Protecting Vulnerable Women Workers. First report of an ILO-ICFTU survey. Geneva: ILO, May 1999.

Violence

Di Martino, V. and D. Chappell. Violence at Work. Geneva, ILO, 1998.

Rodgers, J. Violence against women in the world of work. Gender and work series No. 1. Bureau for Gender Equality. Geneva: ILO, 1999.

United Nations. Economic and Social Council. Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective: Violence Against Women. Violence against women in the family. E/CN.4/1999/68, 10 March 1999.

Vocational Training

Cinterfor. Boletín Técnico Interamericano de Formación Profesional. Núm. 132-133, julio-diciembre 1995, Montevideo: Cinterfor, 1995.

ILO. Women in technical trades. Videocassette VHS (13 mns). Geneva: ILO, 1990.

ILO/Commonwealth Association Of Polytechnics In Africa. Women in technical trades. Geneva: ILO, 1990.

ILO/UN. Vocational training and lifelong learning of women. Division for the Advancement of Women. Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development, New York. Turin: International Training Centre of the ILO, 1997.

ILO. World Employment Report 1998-99 Employability in the Global Economy: How Training matters. Geneva: ILO, 1998a.

Middleton, J, A. Van Adams & A. Ziderman. Skills for Productivity: Vocational Education and Training in Developing Countries. Oxford: Oxford University Press & Washington DC: World Bank, 1993.

Women in Management

ILO. Note on the proceedings : Tripartite Meeting on Breaking through the Glass Ceiling : Women in Management, Geneva, 15-19 December 1997. Sectoral Activities Programme. Geneva : ILO, 1998.

International Training Centre of the ILO and University of Alberta. Women in management in Africa: modular training programme. Geneva: ILO, 1997. Only in English.

Sieh Lee, M. L. Strategies to reach the top for women in management : perspectives from ASEAN. Salaried, Employees and Professional Workers Branch. Working paper 114. Geneva : ILO, 1998.

Wirth, Linda. "Women in management : closer to breaking through the glass ceiling?" International labour review. Geneva : International Labour Office. Vol. 137, no. 1, 1998. p. 93-102.

Women with Disabilities

Epstein, S. Lo podemos conseguir : historias de mujeres con minusvalía en países en desarrollo. Madrid: Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, Instituto de Migraciones y Servicios Sociales,1997.

ILO. We can make it: experiences of disabled women in developing countries. Geneva: ILO, 1997.

Equal Opportunities Commission. Equal to the task; equal opportunities: policy into practice. Manchester, Great Britain: EOC, 1992.

Duncan, B. and R. Berman Bieler, eds. International leadership forum for women with disabilities : final report. New York: Rehabilitation International, 1998.

Lewis, C. and S. S. Loud. Proud and passionate: including women with disabilities in international development programs. Eugene, Or.: Mobility International USA, 1997.

Women's Rights

Del Mar Serna Calvo, M. Legislation on women's employment in Latin America: A comparative study. Labour law and labour relations programme. Occasional paper No. 11. Geneva: ILO, 1993.

Heide, I. "Supra-national action against sex discrimination: Equal pay and equal treatment in the European Union." International Labour Review, Vol. 138 (1999). No. 4.

Hodges-Aeberhard, J. An outline of recent developments concerning equality issues in employment for labour court judges and assessors. Equality and human rights coordination branch. Geneva: ILO, 1997.

ILO. Women workers' rights: modular training package. 1 kit. Equality for women in employment: an interdepartmental project. Geneva: ILO, 1994. Also in French and Spanish.

ILO. Equality in Employment and Occupation. International labour conference, 83rd Session. Special survey on equality in employment and occupation in respect of convention no. 111. Geneva: ILO, 1996.

Women's transition to retirement

Commission of the European Communities (CEC.)Bulletin on Women and Employment in the EU, No. 5. Luxembourg: Office des publications officielles des Communautés européennes, 1994.

Luckhaus, L. and Ward, S. "Equal pension rights for men and women: a realistic perspective?" Journal of European Social Policy, 7(3), 1997.

OECD Social Policy Studies. The transition from work to retirement. Number 16. Paris: OECD, 1995b.

Youth

United Nations Population Fund: The South Asia Conference on Adolescents. Kathmandu: UNFPA, 1999.

ILO. Web Page on Youth Employment: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/youth/index.htm

General Readings

Blau, F. A., M. A. Ferber and A. E. Winkler. The Economics of Men, Women and Work, 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ (USA): Prentice Hall, 1997.

Bullock, S. Women & Work. London: Zed Books, 1994.

Date-Bah, E, ed. Promoting gender equality at work: turning vision into reality. London: Zed Books Ltd, 1997.

Folbre, N. Who pays for the kids? gender and the structures of constraint. London : Routledge, 1994.

ILO. Key Indicators of the Labour Market. Geneva: ILO, 1999.

"Women, gender and work". Part I.International labour review. Vol 138, no. 3.1999. Also in French.

ILO. ABC of women workers' rights and gender equality. Geneva :ILO, 2000. 

ILO. Gender Equality, Employment Promotion and Poverty Eradication. An ILO Capacity-Building Programme. Modular Package on Gender, Poverty and Employment. To be published in 2000.

Locke, C. and C. Okali. "Analysing changing gender relations : methodological challenges for gender planning." p. 274-286.Development in practice. Vol. 9, no. 3 .May 1999.

Macdonald, M., E. Sprenger, I. Dubel. Gender and organizational change : bridging the gap between policy and practice. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Royal Tropical Institute,1999.

March, C., I. Smyth, and M. Mukhopadhyay. A guide to gender-analysis frameworks. Oxford :Oxfam,1999.

Nesporova, A. Employment and labour market policies in transition economies. Employment and Labour Market Policies Branch. Employment and Training Department. Geneva: ILO, 1999.

Nordic Council of Ministers. Men and gender equality : new challenges.-- Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers, 1998.

Nussbaum, M. "Women and equality : the capabilities approach." Women,gender and work (Part I) p. 227-245. International labour review. Vol. 138, no. 3 (1999). Aussi in français. 

OIT. Repercusiones de la Reconversión Productiva y del Cambio Tecnologíco sobre el Empleo y las Condiciones de Trabajo de la Mujer. Santiago: PREALC/OIT, 1993.

UNICEF. Women in Transition. The MONEE Project. CEE/CIS/Baltics. Regional Monitoring Report. No. 6. Florence: UNICEF, 1999.
 

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