Publications: Equality and Non-Discrimination (Gender)

2012

• ABC of women workers' rights and gender equality • Arabic  - (pdf 2,814KB)
  International Labour Office
  ISBN 978-92-2-119622-8 (print)
  

2011

• Promoting Equity
  Gender-neutral job evaluation for equal pay: A step-by-step guide • Arabic - (pdf 37,275 KB)
  International Labour Office
  ISBN 978-92-2-121538-7 (print)
  ISBN 978-92-2-121539-4 (web PDF)
  

2009

• Gender Employment, and the Informal Economy: Glossary of Terms - English and Arabic (pdf 1,055KB)
  Regional Office for Arab States
  ISBN 978-92-2-021489-3 (web PDF)
  
  This glossary was prepared as a compendium to the publications from the regional initiative on “Gender Equality and Workers’ Rights in the Informal Economies of Arab States”, and complements the country case studies (Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Yemen), the regional overview, and policy briefs. It aims to compile up-to-date definitions of key concepts relevant to the discussion generated by the regional initiative from the most authoritative sources, for use by government agencies, workers' and employers' organizations, research and academic institutions, non-governmental organizations and international agencies working on development, employment, gender equality and workers’ rights issues in the region.
• Informal employment in Arab States: A gender equality and workers’ rights perspective - (pdf 1,171KB)
  Regional Office for Arab States
  
  Subject: The regional initiative of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Centre for Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR) aims to bring the global knowledge and learning on employment in the informal economy into Arab States, and mainstream Arab States into the global discussion through evidence, data and analysis. It consists of three interlinked components: research, knowledge sharing and awareness raising. It adopts the concept of informal employment to refer to the characteristics of jobs rather than those of the economic units. Furthermore, a gender equality and workers' rights perspective is applied to the analysis of informal employment in select Arab States (Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia).

2008

• Unprotected Employment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Gender Equality and Workers’ Rights Perspective - (pdf 3,533KB)
  Regional Office for Arab States
  Reference: ISBN 978-92-2-021435-0 (web PDF)
  
  Subject: This paper examines informal employment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) and argues that the best way to convey the meaning and significance of informal employment in this context is to view it as unprotected or unacknowledged work. This type of employment is no longer confined to small, unregistered enterprises with non-contractual work; instead, it now includes larger, registered enterprises with contractual employment but little or no social protection and entitlements. Informal employment, understood as unprotected or unacknowledged employment, is studied from the perspective of gender equality and workers’ rights.
• Training of Trainers' Workshop Report: Gender and Entrepreneurship Together Northern Iraq, Lebanon and West Bank and Gaza Strip - (pdf 19,037KB)
  Regional Office for Arab States

2007

• Guide to Private Employment Agencies - (pdf 635KB)• Arabic - (pdf 1,088 KB)
  International Labour Office
  Reference: ISBN 978-92-2-119779-9 (print), 978-92-2-119780-5 (web pdf), 978-92-2-119781-2 (web HTML)
  
  Subject: PrEA play an important role in the functioning of the labour market. With the adoption of ILO Convention No. 181, Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997, PrEA are now more positively recognized. Th e same Convention sets the general parameters for the regulation, placement and employment of workers by these agencies. Th rough this Convention, ILO seeks to assist its member States to establish clear policies, legislation and implementing mechanisms for the eff ective registration and licensing of PrEA, thereby helping them play a constructive role in contributing to a labour market free from exploitative conditions.

2005

• Gender and Migration in arab States: The Case of Domestic Workers - (pdf 476KB)• Arabic - (pdf 832 KB)
  Regional Office for Arab States
  
  Subject: Domestic workers, the majority of whom are women, constitute a large portion of today's migrant worker population. As part of the international trend of feminization of international labour, much of this work remains invisible in national statistics and national labour legislation. It is not certain whether the increasing participation of women in international migration provides them with a decent wage, good working conditions, social security coverage and labour protection. It is therefore important to provide more attention to the labour situation of the growing number of women migrant workers.