Resources on Gender equality

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    The Future of Work Podcast

    Why investing in care is about equality

    08 March 2022

    Gaps in care systems – which were exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic – can undermine gender equality, so removing talent and skills from the workforce. A new ILO report on care at work analyses the current state of care services in 185 countries and makes a strong case for increasing investment in the sector.

  2. Podcast: ILO/Sida Partnership

    Thinking globally, acting locally: Tackling youth employment in El Salvador

    11 February 2022

    This podcast provides a closer look at how El Salvador is using the global expertise of the ILO and the resources of the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) to generate new and inclusive employment policies. Guests are ILO Employment, Labour Markets and Youth Branch Chief Sukti Dasgupta in Geneva and ILO-SIDA project manager Juan José Urbina in El Salvador.

  3. © Natasha Hurley-Walker 2022

    The Future of Work Podcast

    The universe still has the capacity to surprise us

    11 February 2022

    On International Day of Women and Girls in Science we explore why the world needs science, and science needs women and girls. Dr. Natasha Hurley-Walker, award-winning radio astronomer, explains how science is key to navigating the complexity of the world and what can be done to close the gender gap in this field.

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    The Future of Work Podcast

    Is the menopause a workplace issue?

    07 January 2022

    Traditionally the menopause has been seen as a medical, personal issue, but an increasing number of employers, trade unions and policymakers are re-evaluating it as a business and economic matter, one that is integral to the world of work. So, how should the menopause be handled in the workplace?

  5. Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

    In the uneven recovery from the COVID-19 jobs crisis, women are being left behind

    22 November 2021

    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the world of work. A new ILO brief shows that the crisis in labour markets has had an uneven impact on women. In this podcast, Valeria Esquivel, Employment Policies and Gender specialist in the Employment, Labour Markets and Youth Branch of the ILO’s Employment Policy Department analyses the current challenges and what can be done to address them.

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    The Future of Work Podcast

    Equality and diversity: The future is already here

    30 September 2021

    In the latest ILO Voices podcast, Chidi King, head of the ILO Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Branch warns that unless existing inequalities are addressed, they will be exacerbated by rapid changes in the world of work.

  7. Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

    Is the future ready for youth? Youth employment policies for evolving labour markets

    05 May 2021

    Interview with Sukti Dasgupta, ILO Employment Department Chief of the Employment, Labour Markets and Youth Branch, and Juan Chacaltana, Senior Employment Policies Specialist.

  8. Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

    Bringing gender equality to the core of employment recovery

    19 August 2020

    This podcast focusses attention on how the current crisis is different from previous crises in terms of its impact on women workers, and highlights some policy recommendations the ILO has to offer.

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    Podcast: How the world works

    Violence and Harassment in the Workplace

    29 November 2017

    Violence and harassment in the workplace is in the headlines and seems more commonplace than ever before. Where and why does it happen and what can be done to stop it?

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    Decent Work and the Gender Gap

    07 June 2016

    In his book, The Coming Jobs War, Gallup Chairman and CEO Jim Clifton states that his company’s global surveys have shown one consistent reality: “What everyone in the world wants is a good job.” For women, it seems, fulfilling this need is much harder than for men. This week, on the side lines of the International Labour conference, ILO News spoke to two International Labour Organization gender experts about why the gender gap remains stubbornly wide.