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ILO to publish new report on maternity and paternity at work

Pay Equity

Jordan launches national pay equity initiative

The ILO and Jordan’s National Committee on Pay Equity endorse an action plan to ensure equal pay between women and men in the country.

World Day for Safety and Health - 28th April

“Safety and health in the use of chemicals at work“ – World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2014equality”

Legal document

Domestic work is a professional job

A new decree will take effect in May, requiring employers to cover insurances for domestic workers, give them weekly rests and pay them no less than minimum wages.

ILO joins UN Women, UNDP and UNFPA in the country’s first Joint Programme for Gender Equality

On 27 February 2014, the United Nations in Zimbabwe launched the country’s first Joint Programme on Gender Equality. Funded through the generous support of the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), the programme brings together...

Signing of joint initiative with the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) to protect women and girls from trafficking

The Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) and the ILO Nepal signed a partnership agreement for implementation of the Work in Freedom Programme funded by the Government of UK/ Department for International Development (DFID).

Advocating breastfeeding

Why breastfeeding is a truck driver’s issue

Truck driver Ronaldo Payda believes breastfeeding rights are a man's business too. He took up the cause after he and his wife saw the effects on their new baby. An ILO project is trying to build on such advocacy work, to help more working women keep...

Opening address at the ILO-ADB launch of publications on promoting gender equality in the labour market

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the ILO-ADB launch of publications on promoting gender equality in the labour market, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, 31 March 2014

Empowering women homeworkers for better working conditions

Uswatun has been doing embroidery work from home, in the Pakis subdistrict of Malang, for more than seven years. She works every day of the week for up to ten hours a day. “No holidays,” she says, with a laugh.

Business and development

Improving conditions for women workers has a domino effect

Providing training, health-care and childcare to female workers has an impact that stretches beyond the factory floor.

International Women’s Day 2014 - 8 March

Message from ILO Director-General : “We join our efforts with all who are striving for gender equality”

Gender equality

100 million women in Latin America’s labour force

Despite significant progress over the past decades, gender equality remains a challenge in Latin America, where women study more than men, but earn less.

International Women’s Day 2014

Women at work – where we are, where we want to be

To mark International Women’s Day, the ILO reflects on the progress that has been made and what still needs to be done to achieve gender equality in the workplace. Follow two women, an Indian CEO and a US school teacher, whose experiences shed an...

The ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries Calls on Governments, Employers and Unions to Focus on Eliminating Gender Discrimination and...

The occasion of International Women’s Day provides an important opportunity to reflect on progress towards gender equality in the labour markets of Pacific Island Countries.

Ladán Éva, Expert of women’s issue of National Federation of Workers’ Councils about the situation of women in the world of work today

DWT/CO-Budapest marks the International Women's Day in 2014 by collecting the views of workers, employers and governments on progress achieved and challenges ahead for women at work in the region.

The daily struggle of a Haiyan widow

Jobs are the top priority for many of those whose livelihoods were shattered by Super Typhoon Haiyan. The situation is particularly challenging for women who lost their husbands and became head of household overnight.

Women at work – where we are, where we want to be

When the International Labour Organization was founded in 1919, most women around the world did not have the right to vote and most in paid work had little or no collective voice to advocate for their workplace rights.

Entrepreneurship

The cost of not knowing how to cost

How the ILO contributes to women’s empowerment, job creation and economic growth in Uganda through business management skills.

ILO to mark the Month of Women Entrepreneurs in Somalia

ILO will mark the Month of Women Entrepreneurs (MOWE) in Hargeisa, Somaliland with a series of key events to highlight milestones and achievements of Somali women engaged in small and medium size enterprises.

ILO Asisstant Director General & Regional Director for Aisa and the Pacific Visits Colombo

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Assistant Director General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, visited Sri Lanka from 5 to 6 February 2014, at the invitation of the Ministry of Labour and Labour...