WORK AND FAMILY

The ILO’s objective is to deliver high-quality, sex-disaggregated research and information, identifying recent trends and effective policies to guide the content of national policies.

High-profile publications

Over the last decade, the ILO has released several high-profile publications on work and family. These high-profile publications include:

• Workplace solutions for childcare
• Reconciling work and family responsibilities. Practical ideas from global experience

Working papers and other informational leaflets

Over the years, the ILO has published Work and family and a series of national reports examining patterns and trends in issues, policies, and practices regarding reconciliation between paid work and unpaid family responsibilities in countries such as:

• Reconciling work and family: Issues and policies in Brazil, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 8.,
• Reconciling work and family: Issues and policies in China, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 22,
• Reconciling work and family: Issues and policies in Japan, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 5.,
• Reconciling work and family: Issues and policies in the Republic of Korea, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 6.,
• Reconciling work and family: Issues and policies in Thailand, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No.14, and
• Reconciling work and family: Issues and policies in Trinidad and Tobago, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 18.

Other recent research efforts have focused on Equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS and the contribution of Expanding women's employment opportunities: Informal economy workers and the need for childcare to women’s employment opportunities, with focus on parents working in the informal economy. These publications contain comparative studies, implementation practices and give a detailed picture of the realities concerning work and family reconciliation around the world.