News

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 2: Towards an inclusive and gender-transformative SSE: a thinking lab

21 January 2022

Summary findings. Wave 4

Rapid labour force survey of Covid19 impact. Wave 4

01 December 2021

News

Women entrepreneurs join hands for better recovery post COVID-19

07 November 2021

Supported by the ILO, the women entrepreneurs’ forum in Uganda extends its support services to refugee and host community business women affected by the pandemic.

News

ILO sheds light upon the role of cooperatives in the elimination of child labour at the Academy on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

29 October 2021

The two sessions organized in the framework of the Academy provided insights of the ILO’s work with cooperatives toward the elimination of child labour and presented practical cases of cooperatives that take action to combat child labour.

Publication

Rapid labour force survey of Covid19 impact. Wave 3

01 October 2021

News

ILO COOP participates in a webinar on women’s collective entrepreneurship

01 July 2021

The webinar, organized by SEWA, IMAGO Global Grassroots and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations focused on women’s collective enterprises and building an enterprises support system.

Project

France-ILO Project « Combating violence and harassment in the world of work & Equal remuneration and career opportunities for men and women »

17 May 2021

News

Launch of FORTER'ESS Project - Strengthening the resilience and promotion of decent work of women-led SSE organizations in Tunisia

11 March 2021

The FORTER’ESS project is the result of a partnership between the Tunisian Government, the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as donor, and the International Labour Organization as implementing agency. It aims to strengthen the resilience of women-led Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) affected by COVID-19 in two disadvantaged regions of Tunisia.

Press release

ILO launches FORTER'ESS project to promote decent work through women-led social and solidarity economy organizations in Tunisia

08 March 2021

The FORTER’ESS project is the result of a partnership between Global Affairs Canada and the International Labour Organization (ILO) that works in collaboration with the Tunisian Government and social partners to strengthen the resilience of women-led Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) affected by COVID-19.

Blog

Five steps to help women entrepreneurs cross the business gender divide

19 November 2020

Women entrepreneurs tend to be stuck at the lower end of the business value chain, while their male counterparts make more profits at the high end. The ILO has developed a five step model to help women cross the business gender divide.