Event

New UN Women’s head lays out 100-day action plan

Publication

Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty

21 January 2011

This interagency report on the gender dimension of agricultural work was produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Labour Office (ILO) following two years of work begun in 2009. It is the first comprehensive look at gender and work in rural areas since the start of the global economic crisis.

News

UN Agencies to launch new report on gender and work in agricultural and rural areas

19 January 2011

Publication

The Enabling Environment for Women in Growth Enterprises in Mozambique

15 January 2011

Assessment Report

2 July 2010

Promoting Gender Equality in the World of Work in Brazil, Angola, South Africa, India, China (BASIC) Knowledge Sharing Forum

The Norwegian funded BASIC project has been operational throughout 2010.The purpose of the knowledge sharing forum is for project staff and ILO constituents to reflect and share information on what they have achieved under the project, and to learn from each other in how they may advance gender equality in the world of work going forward.

Project documentation

Linking safety and health at work to sustainable economic development: Project outline

01 December 2010

Global project under the Swedish Partnership Programme

From theory and platitudes to conviction and action

Linking safety and health at work to sustainable economic development

01 December 2010

The focus of the project will be on developing global products to support national and local level actions to help prevent human suffering, exclusion from the labour market, and economic costs to employers and governments. Guided by the provisions of C.187 and priorities identified by constituents in the Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs) framework and country priority outcomes, the project will support efforts in creating a preventive safety and health culture and a systems approach to occupational safety and health (OSH). This takes on added importance in the present global crisis, which could undermine any efforts in the OSH field.

Poster

Uganda - Workplace campaign posters

01 December 2010

Posters developed jointly by the Government of Uganda and ILO/AIDS to disseminate Uganda's National Policy on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work: Poster 1 - "Social dialogue at the workplace" Poster 2 - "Gender consideration among co-workers" Poster 3 - "Non discrimination for workers living with HIV"

Publication

World Social Security Report 2010/11. Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond

16 November 2010

This is the first in a new series of biennial reports that aim to map social security coverage globally, to presenting various methods and approaches for assessing coverage, and to identifying gaps in coverage. Backed by much comparative statistical data, this first report takes a comprehensive look at how countries are investing in social security, how they are financing it, and how effective their approaches are. The report examines the ways selected international organizations (the EU, OECD and ADB) monitor social protection and the correlation of social security coverage and the ILO Decent Work Indicators. The report's final section features a typology of national approaches to social security, with a focus on countries' responses to the economic crisis of 2008 -- and the lessons to be learned, especially concerning the short- and long-term management of pension schemes.

Publication

The KwaZulu Natal tourism sector: Selected Perspectives on the Enabling Environment for Women's Entrepreneurs

15 November 2010

Assessment Report